Surveying and Mapping Technicians in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,480
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$11,650
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,822
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
$57,130
Kept after tax
$45,480
Worth in national money
$45,822
State rank
23
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware sits in the middle of the pack for surveying and mapping technicians. The median is $57,130, ranking 23 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Delaware, this sits in the middle: 251 of 445 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $57,130 the take-home is $45,480, which is worth about $45,822 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $58,360, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Delaware occupies the middle band for surveying and mapping technicians: a median of $57,130, ranking 23 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Surveying and mapping technicians ranks 251 of 445 occupations in Delaware by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for surveying and mapping technicians on its $57,130 median: $45,480 retained after tax becomes $45,822 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $58,360 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Surveying and Mapping Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,190 |
| This salary | $57,130 |
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 | $45,480 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,084 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,659 |
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 | $53,889 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,426 |
| 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 surveying and mapping technicians in Delaware earn under $57,130 and half over. The published range runs $43,700 at the tenth percentile to $79,190 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 $45,480, worked from $57,130. 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 251 of 445.
- Two cautions on $45,822, the adjusted value of that $57,130 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 251 of 445 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for surveying and mapping technicians in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,700 to $79,190; 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 $45,480, on $57,130 for work ranking 251 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 251 of 445 in the state.
- This $45,822 adjusted figure, worked from $57,130, 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 251 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 251 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $43,700 at the bottom tenth to $79,190 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 $45,822 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $45,480.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 ($43,700 to $79,190) 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 $45,822 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 $45,480 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.