Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,311
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$10,919
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,637
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
$54,230
Kept after tax
$43,311
Worth in national money
$43,637
State rank
10
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Delaware's middle earner gets $54,230, putting the state 10 of 49 — about 13.26% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 445 occupations Delaware reports figures for, this is number 264.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $54,230, take-home of $43,311 is worth roughly $43,637 in national money. The average comes to $54,680, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics, Delaware sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $54,230, ranking 10 of 49 and running about 13.26% 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, outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics sits at 264 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.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics, whose median is $54,230, the adjusted figure of $43,637 differs little from $43,311 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $54,680 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,020 |
| This salary | $54,230 |
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 | $43,311 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,754 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,447 |
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 | $51,190 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,169 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Delaware earn less than $54,230. The published range is $40,560 up to $73,020, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $43,311, from $54,230, 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 264 of 445 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $43,637, the adjusted value of that $54,230 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 264 of 445 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,560 to $73,020. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Delaware is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $43,311 from $54,230. 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 264 of 445 locally.
- This $43,637 adjusted figure, worked from $54,230, 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 264 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 264 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $40,560 at the tenth percentile, $73,020 at the ninetieth.
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 $43,637 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $43,311 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,560 to $73,020) 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 $43,637 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 $43,311 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.