Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,913
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$9,437
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,206
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
$48,350
Kept after tax
$38,913
Worth in national money
$39,206
State rank
20
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Delaware is 20 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $48,350. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Delaware, this sits in the middle: 300 of 445 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $48,350, take-home of $38,913 is worth roughly $39,206 in national money. The average lands at $48,240, below the middle of the range.
- Delaware ranks 20 of 48 for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers at $48,350. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers ranks 300 of 445 occupations in Delaware by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers, whose median is $48,350, the adjusted figure of $39,206 differs little from $38,913 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $48,240 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,050 |
| This salary | $48,350 |
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 | $38,913 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,029 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,016 |
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 | $45,716 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,648 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers in Delaware earn under $48,350 and half over. The published range runs $36,590 at the tenth percentile to $60,050 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $38,913, from $48,350, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 300 of 445 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,206 uses one figure for the whole of Delaware. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 445 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 300.
- Figures are distribution medians for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,590 to $60,050; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Delaware is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,913 from $48,350. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 300 of 445 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,206, worked from $48,350, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Delaware address, on work sitting at 300 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,590 and the top tenth $60,050, so most people doing this work in Delaware sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Delaware sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $39,206 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Delaware then takes its own share, leaving $38,913.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,590 to $60,050) 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 $39,206 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 $38,913 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.