Structural Iron and Steel Workers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,492
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$12,328
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,850
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
$59,820
Kept after tax
$47,492
Worth in national money
$47,850
State rank
33
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Delaware is 33 of 50 states for structural iron and steel workers, with a middle wage of $59,820. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Structural iron and steel workers ranks 227 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $59,820, take-home of $47,492 is worth roughly $47,850 in national money. The average lands at $59,350, below the middle of the range.
- Delaware ranks 33 of 50 for structural iron and steel workers at $59,820. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 227 of 445 in Delaware places structural iron and steel workers 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 structural iron and steel workers, whose median is $59,820, the adjusted figure of $47,850 differs little from $47,492 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $59,350 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Structural Iron and Steel Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,370 |
| This salary | $59,820 |
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 | $47,492 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,245 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,856 |
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 | $56,394 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,664 |
| 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 $59,820. The published range is $50,000 up to $72,370, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $47,492, worked from $59,820. 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 227 of 445.
- Two cautions on $47,850, the adjusted value of that $59,820 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 227 of 445 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for structural iron and steel workers in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,000 to $72,370. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Delaware take-home of $47,492, on $59,820 for work ranking 227 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 227 of 445 in the state.
- This $47,850 adjusted figure, worked from $59,820, 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 227 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 227 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $50,000 and the top tenth $72,370, so most people doing this work in Delaware sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $47,850 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 $47,492 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,000 to $72,370) 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 $47,850 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 $47,492 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.