Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,685
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$6,665
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,916
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
$37,350
Kept after tax
$30,685
Worth in national money
$30,916
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for landscaping and groundskeeping workers is on the low side in Delaware. The middle earner gets $37,350. That is 39 of 51 states, and about 4.6% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 445 occupations Delaware publishes, landscaping and groundskeeping workers lands at 388. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $37,350, tax leaves $30,685, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $30,916 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $39,680, since top earners drag the number up.
- For landscaping and groundskeeping workers, Delaware sits in the lower band at $37,350, ranking 39 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 4.6%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Delaware, this work ranks 388 of 445 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Delaware sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for landscaping and groundskeeping workers — median $37,350 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $30,685 retained, $30,916 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $39,680 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,620 |
| This salary | $37,350 |
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 | $30,685 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,191 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,211 |
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 | $35,476 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,674 |
| 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 landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Delaware earn under $37,350 and half over. The published range runs $32,910 at the tenth percentile to $46,620 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 $30,685, worked from $37,350. 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 388 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $30,916, the adjusted value of that $37,350 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 388 of 445 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,910 to $46,620; 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 $30,685, on $37,350 for work ranking 388 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 388 of 445 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $30,916 — the adjusted value of that $37,350 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 388 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $39,680, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,910 at the tenth percentile, $46,620 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 $30,916 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, $30,685 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 $39,680. 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 ($32,910 to $46,620) 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 $30,916 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 $30,685 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.