Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,883
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$9,427
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,175
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
$48,310
Kept after tax
$38,883
Worth in national money
$39,175
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Delaware. The middle earner gets $48,310. That is 36 of 51 states, and about 1.87% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Delaware, this sits in the middle: 301 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 $48,310, take-home of $38,883 is worth roughly $39,175 in national money. The average comes to $50,440, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other, Delaware sits in the lower band at $48,310, ranking 36 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 1.87%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other ranks 301 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 installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other, whose median is $48,310, the adjusted figure of $39,175 differs little from $38,883 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $50,440 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,350 |
| This salary | $48,310 |
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 | $38,883 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,997 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,014 |
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 | $45,679 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,645 |
| 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 $48,310. The published range is $36,750 up to $71,350, 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 $38,883, worked from $48,310. 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 301 of 445.
- Two cautions on $39,175, the adjusted value of that $48,310 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 301 of 445 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,750 to $71,350. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Delaware take-home of $38,883, on $48,310 for work ranking 301 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 301 of 445 in the state.
- This $39,175 adjusted figure, worked from $48,310, 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 301 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 301 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 $50,440, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,750 at the bottom tenth to $71,350 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 $39,175 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, $38,883 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $50,440. 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 ($36,750 to $71,350) 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 $39,175 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 $38,883 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.