Painters, Construction and Maintenance in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,527
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$12,003
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,877
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
$58,530
Kept after tax
$46,527
Worth in national money
$46,877
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for painters, construction and maintenance is strong here. Delaware's middle earner gets $58,530, putting the state 10 of 51 — about 18.48% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Painters, construction and maintenance ranks 238 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $58,530, take-home of $46,527 is worth roughly $46,877 in national money. The average lands at $56,890, below the middle of the range.
- For painters, construction and maintenance, Delaware sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $58,530, ranking 10 of 51 and running about 18.48% 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.
- Position 238 of 445 in Delaware places painters, construction and maintenance 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 painters, construction and maintenance, whose median is $58,530, the adjusted figure of $46,877 differs little from $46,527 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $56,890 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Painters, Construction and Maintenance
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,350 |
| This salary | $58,530 |
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 | $46,527 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,209 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,762 |
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 | $55,193 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,550 |
| 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 painters, construction and maintenance in Delaware earn under $58,530 and half over. The published range runs $35,070 at the tenth percentile to $70,350 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $46,527 take-home in Delaware comes from $58,530. 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 238 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,877 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 238.
- Figures are distribution medians for painters, construction and maintenance in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,070 to $70,350; 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 $46,527, from $58,530, 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 238 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,877, worked from $58,530, 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 238 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,070 at the bottom tenth to $70,350 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $46,877 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 $46,527 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 ($35,070 to $70,350) 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 $46,877 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 $46,527 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.