Fence Erectors in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,618
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$10,012
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,924
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
$50,630
Kept after tax
$40,618
Worth in national money
$40,924
State rank
14
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for fence erectors. The middle earner takes $50,630, which ranks 14 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 5.52% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 445 occupations Delaware reports figures for, this is number 282.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $50,630, take-home of $40,618 is worth roughly $40,924 in national money. The average comes to $52,890, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Delaware ranks 14 of 45 states publishing a median for fence erectors, at $50,630 — about 5.52% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Delaware's occupational distribution, fence erectors sits at 282 of 445 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for fence erectors, whose median is $50,630, the adjusted figure of $40,924 differs little from $40,618 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $52,890 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Fence Erectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,400 |
| This salary | $50,630 |
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 | $40,618 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,861 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,183 |
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 | $47,838 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,850 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $50,630 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $43,510 and the ninetieth is $62,400 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $40,618, worked from $50,630. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 282 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,924 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 282.
- The Delaware median of $50,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $43,510 to $62,400. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Delaware take-home of $40,618, on $50,630 for work ranking 282 of 445 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 282 of 445 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,924, worked from $50,630, 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 282 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $52,890, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $43,510 at the tenth percentile, $62,400 at the ninetieth.
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 $40,924 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $40,618 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Delaware is $52,890. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,510 to $62,400) 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 $40,924 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 $40,618 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.