Medical Equipment Repairers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,317
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$12,943
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,689
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
$62,260
Kept after tax
$49,317
Worth in national money
$49,689
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Delaware is 24 of 51 states for medical equipment repairers, with a middle wage of $62,260. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Medical equipment repairers ranks 208 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $62,260, take-home of $49,317 is worth roughly $49,689 in national money. The average comes to $68,230, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Delaware ranks 24 of 51 for medical equipment repairers at $62,260. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 208 of 445 in Delaware places medical equipment repairers 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 repairers, whose median is $62,260, the adjusted figure of $49,689 differs little from $49,317 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $68,230 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,610 |
| This salary | $62,260 |
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 | $49,317 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,206 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,035 |
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 | $58,665 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,880 |
| 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 medical equipment repairers in Delaware earn under $62,260 and half over. The published range runs $56,190 at the tenth percentile to $99,610 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $49,317 take-home in Delaware comes from $62,260. 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 208 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,689 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 208.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical equipment repairers in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $56,190 to $99,610; 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.
- Retained pay of $49,317, from $62,260, 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 208 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,689, worked from $62,260, 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 208 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 $68,230, 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 $56,190 at the bottom tenth to $99,610 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Delaware is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $49,689 in national terms.
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, $49,317 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 $68,230. 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 ($56,190 to $99,610) 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 $49,689 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 $49,317 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.