Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,071
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$21,219
24.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,561
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
$86,290
Kept after tax
$65,071
Worth in national money
$65,561
State rank
7
of 50 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 $86,290, ranking 7 of 50 states and sitting about 16.47% above the national middle.
- Within Delaware this is well-paid work. Of 445 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 110 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $86,290 the take-home is $65,071, which is worth about $65,561 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $84,670, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Delaware's median for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment is $86,290, about 16.47% above the national figure and 7 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Delaware publishes a median for, electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment sits 110 of 445 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment on its $86,290 median: $65,071 retained after tax becomes $65,561 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $84,670 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $86,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,270 |
| This salary | $86,290 |
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 | $65,071 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $69,535 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,996 |
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 | $79,944 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,282 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Delaware earn less than $86,290. The published range is $62,100 up to $104,270, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $65,071 take-home in Delaware comes from $86,290. 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 110 of 445.
- Two cautions on $65,561, the adjusted value of that $86,290 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Delaware. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 110 of 445 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $62,100 to $104,270. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $65,071, from $86,290, 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 110 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 50 for it.
- This $65,561 adjusted figure, worked from $86,290, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 110 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 110 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $62,100 at the bottom tenth to $104,270 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $65,561 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 $65,071.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($62,100 to $104,270) 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 $65,561 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 $65,071 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.