Medical Equipment Preparers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,615
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$10,685
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,936
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
$53,300
Kept after tax
$42,615
Worth in national money
$42,936
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Delaware pays medical equipment preparers a middle wage of $53,300, ranking 5 of 51 states and sitting about 11.74% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Medical equipment preparers ranks 269 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $53,300, take-home of $42,615 is worth roughly $42,936 in national money. The average comes to $54,220, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Delaware's median for medical equipment preparers is $53,300, about 11.74% above the national figure and 5 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.
- Position 269 of 445 in Delaware places medical equipment preparers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for medical equipment preparers, whose median is $53,300, the adjusted figure of $42,936 differs little from $42,615 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $54,220 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Preparers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,450 |
| This salary | $53,300 |
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 | $42,615 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,007 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,379 |
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 | $50,324 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,086 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $53,300 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,120 and the ninetieth is $63,450 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $42,615 take-home in Delaware comes from $53,300. 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 269 of 445.
- Two cautions on $42,936, the adjusted value of that $53,300 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 269 of 445 locally.
- The Delaware median of $53,300 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,120 to $63,450. 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 $42,615, from $53,300, 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 269 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 51 for it.
- This $42,936 adjusted figure, worked from $53,300, 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 269 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 269 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,120 at the tenth percentile, $63,450 at the ninetieth.
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 $42,936.
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 $42,615 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,120 to $63,450) 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 $42,936 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 $42,615 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.