Industrial Machinery Mechanics in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,978
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$14,343
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,376
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
$67,320
Kept after tax
$52,978
Worth in national money
$53,376
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Delaware pays this job around $67,320 at the midpoint, 21 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 445 occupations Delaware reports figures for, this is number 174.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $67,320, tax leaves $52,978, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $53,376 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $71,830, since top earners drag the number up.
- For industrial machinery mechanics the Delaware median is $67,320, ranking 21 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Delaware's occupational distribution, industrial machinery mechanics sits at 174 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.
- Because Delaware sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for industrial machinery mechanics — median $67,320 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $52,978 retained, $53,376 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $71,830 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,610 |
| This salary | $67,320 |
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 | $52,978 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,190 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,447 |
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 | $63,220 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,480 |
| 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 $67,320. The published range is $49,410 up to $102,610, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $52,978, worked from $67,320. 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 174 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,376 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 174.
- Reported values are medians; for industrial machinery mechanics in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $49,410 to $102,610. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Delaware take-home of $52,978, on $67,320 for work ranking 174 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 174 of 445 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,376, worked from $67,320, 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 174 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 $71,830, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $49,410 at the bottom tenth to $102,610 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Delaware is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $53,376 in national terms.
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 $52,978.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $71,830. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($49,410) and the ninetieth ($102,610) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $53,376 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 $52,978 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.