Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,291
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$5,859
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,504
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
$34,150
Kept after tax
$28,291
Worth in national money
$28,504
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Delaware pays maids and housekeeping cleaners around $34,150 at the midpoint, 28 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 445 occupations Delaware publishes, maids and housekeeping cleaners lands at 420. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $34,150, tax leaves $28,291, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $28,504 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $34,290, since top earners drag the number up.
- For maids and housekeeping cleaners the Delaware median is $34,150, ranking 28 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.
- Within Delaware, this work ranks 420 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 maids and housekeeping cleaners — median $34,150 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $28,291 retained, $28,504 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $34,290 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $38,940 |
| This salary | $34,150 |
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 | $28,291 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,620 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,977 |
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 | $32,497 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,391 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $34,150 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,200 and the ninetieth is $38,940 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $28,291 take-home in Delaware comes from $34,150. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 420 of 445.
- Two cautions on $28,504, the adjusted value of that $34,150 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 420 of 445 locally.
- The Delaware median of $34,150 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,200 to $38,940. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $28,291, from $34,150, assumes a single Delaware filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 420 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 51 for it.
- This $28,504 adjusted figure, worked from $34,150, 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 420 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 420 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,200 at the bottom tenth to $38,940 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $28,504.
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, $28,291 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,200 to $38,940) 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 $28,504 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 $28,291 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.