Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,752
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$6,688
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,983
Delaware costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Delaware — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$37,440
Kept after tax
$30,752
Worth in national money
$30,983
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Delaware pays this job a middle wage of $37,440, ranking 12 of 51 states and sitting about 4.49% above the national middle.
- Within Delaware this is lower-paid work. Of 445 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 386. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $37,440, take-home of $30,752 is worth roughly $30,983 in national money. The average lands at $37,200, below the middle of the range.
- Delaware's median for cleaners of vehicles and equipment is $37,440, about 4.49% above the national figure and 12 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Against every occupation Delaware reports, cleaners of vehicles and equipment ranks 386 of 445, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for cleaners of vehicles and equipment, whose median is $37,440, the adjusted figure of $30,983 differs little from $30,752 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $37,200 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,100 |
| This salary | $37,440 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Delaware | $30,752 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,263 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,218 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $35,559 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,682 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $37,440 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,200 and the ninetieth is $44,100 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $30,752 take-home in Delaware comes from $37,440. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 386 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $30,983, the adjusted value of that $37,440 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 386 of 445 in the state.
- The Delaware median of $37,440 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,200 to $44,100. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $30,752, from $37,440, assumes a single Delaware filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 386 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $30,983 — the adjusted value of that $37,440 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 386 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,200 at the tenth percentile, $44,100 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $30,983.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Delaware's own levy, $30,752 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,200 to $44,100) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Delaware rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Delaware's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $30,983 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $30,752 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Delaware income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.