Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,799
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$12,431
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,159
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
$60,230
Kept after tax
$47,799
Worth in national money
$48,159
State rank
15
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Delaware's middle earner gets $60,230, putting the state 15 of 49 — about 4.66% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 445 occupations Delaware reports figures for, this is number 221.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $60,230, tax leaves $47,799, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $48,159 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $57,280.
- For motorboat mechanics and service technicians, Delaware sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $60,230, ranking 15 of 49 and running about 4.66% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Delaware's occupational distribution, motorboat mechanics and service technicians sits at 221 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 motorboat mechanics and service technicians — median $60,230 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $47,799 retained, $48,159 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $57,280 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,790 |
| This salary | $60,230 |
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 | $47,799 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,575 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,886 |
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 | $56,775 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,700 |
| 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 motorboat mechanics and service technicians in Delaware earn under $60,230 and half over. The published range runs $39,750 at the tenth percentile to $70,790 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 $47,799, worked from $60,230. 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 221 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $48,159 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 221.
- Figures are distribution medians for motorboat mechanics and service technicians in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,750 to $70,790; 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 $47,799, on $60,230 for work ranking 221 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 221 of 445 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $48,159, worked from $60,230, 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 221 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 $57,280, 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 — $39,750 at the tenth percentile, $70,790 at the ninetieth.
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 $48,159 in national terms.
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 $47,799.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $57,280. 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 ($39,750 to $70,790) 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 $48,159 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 $47,799 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.