Locksmiths and Safe Repairers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,346
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$13,295
20.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,724
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
$63,640
Kept after tax
$50,346
Worth in national money
$50,724
State rank
4
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for locksmiths and safe repairers. The middle earner takes $63,640, which ranks 4 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 24.01% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 445 occupations Delaware reports figures for, this is number 194.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $63,640, tax leaves $50,346, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $50,724 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $65,090, since top earners drag the number up.
- Delaware ranks 4 of 48 states publishing a median for locksmiths and safe repairers, at $63,640 — about 24.01% 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, locksmiths and safe repairers sits at 194 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 locksmiths and safe repairers — median $63,640 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $50,346 retained, $50,724 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $65,090 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,450 |
| This salary | $63,640 |
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 | $50,346 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,315 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,140 |
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 | $59,945 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,007 |
| 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 locksmiths and safe repairers in Delaware earn under $63,640 and half over. The published range runs $45,710 at the tenth percentile to $93,450 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $50,346, from $63,640, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 194 of 445 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $50,724 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 194.
- Figures are distribution medians for locksmiths and safe repairers in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,710 to $93,450; 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.
- Take-home for Delaware is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $50,346 from $63,640. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 194 of 445 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $50,724, worked from $63,640, 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 194 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $45,710, the highest tenth $93,450, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $50,724 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $50,346.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($45,710) and the ninetieth ($93,450) 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 $50,724 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 $50,346 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.