Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,525
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$11,665
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,868
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
$57,190
Kept after tax
$45,525
Worth in national money
$45,868
State rank
9
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 $57,190, ranking 9 of 51 states and sitting about 17.75% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 445 occupations Delaware reports figures for, this is number 248.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $57,190, take-home of $45,525 is worth roughly $45,868 in national money. The average lands at $56,840, below the middle of the range.
- Delaware's median for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers is $57,190, about 17.75% above the national figure and 9 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.
- In Delaware's occupational distribution, inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers sits at 248 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 inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers, whose median is $57,190, the adjusted figure of $45,868 differs little from $45,525 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $56,840 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,650 |
| This salary | $57,190 |
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 | $45,525 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,132 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,664 |
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 | $53,945 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,431 |
| 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 inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Delaware earn under $57,190 and half over. The published range runs $37,570 at the tenth percentile to $80,650 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $45,525, worked from $57,190. 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 248 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,868 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 248.
- Figures are distribution medians for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,570 to $80,650; 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.
- The Delaware take-home of $45,525, on $57,190 for work ranking 248 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 248 of 445 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,868, worked from $57,190, 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 248 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $37,570, the highest tenth $80,650, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $45,868.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Delaware adds its own income tax on top — which is why $45,525 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,570) and the ninetieth ($80,650) 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 $45,868 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 $45,525 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.