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Delaware Salary Calculator 2026

Convert hourly ↔ annual salary and benchmark your pay against Delaware-adjusted BLS medians for 20+ trade roles. Delaware is pre-selected; includes overtime.

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Hourly ↔ Annual Reference Table

Hourly RateAnnual (2,080 hrs)MonthlyWeekly
$15.00/hr$31,200$2,600$600
$20.00/hr$41,600$3,467$800
$25.00/hr$52,000$4,333$1,000
$30.00/hr$62,400$5,200$1,200
$35.00/hr$72,800$6,067$1,400
$40.00/hr$83,200$6,933$1,600
$45.00/hr$93,600$7,800$1,800
$50.00/hr$104,000$8,667$2,000
$60.00/hr$124,800$10,400$2,400
$75.00/hr$156,000$13,000$3,000
$100.00/hr$208,000$17,333$4,000
$125.00/hr$260,000$21,667$5,000

Salary Calculator FAQ

How do you convert hourly rate to annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) for a standard full-time annual salary. Example: $30/hr × 2,080 = $62,400/yr. For overtime weeks, use: (40 hrs × rate) + (OT hrs × rate × 1.5) × number of weeks.

How many working hours are in a year?

Standard full-time: 2,080 hours (40 × 52). Minus 10 federal holidays (80 hrs): 2,000 paid hours. Minus 2 weeks vacation (80 hrs): 1,920 hours actually worked. BLS uses 2,080 for hourly-to-annual conversions. Turnaround and shutdown workers can exceed 3,000 hours/yr with heavy overtime.

What is time-and-a-half overtime?

Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees must receive 1.5× their regular rate for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Example: $30/hr base · regular week = $1,200 (40 hrs) · one 10-hr OT week = $1,200 + ($30 × 1.5 × 10) = $1,200 + $450 = $1,650. Double time (2×) is not federally required but common in petrochemical and union contracts.

Delaware Salaries

How Delaware salaries compare to the national market

Delaware trade wages run about 0% above the national median (BLS OEWS May 2025), and this calculator applies a 1 Delaware wage index to national medians. The northern corridor does the heavy lifting, chemical and pharmaceutical plants, the Port of Wilmington's expansion and Route 202 commercial work, while Sussex County's coastal residential boom and Dover Air Force Base keep the lower counties steady. On the tax side, Delaware withholds 2.2%-6.6% (top rate from $60,000), and Wilmington adds a 1.25% city wage tax.

Delaware: delaware salary calculator — Delaware wage index 1× national BLS median, Gross vs national ~0% above, State income tax 2.2%-6.6% (top rate from $60,000). Simplified outline of Delaware, stylised and not to scale.
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Delaware trade salaries at a glance (2026 BLS)

Delaware-adjusted BLS OEWS medians for common skilled trades (national median localised with the 1 Delaware wage index). Enter your own pay in the calculator above to benchmark against any role.

TradeDelaware median / yrNational medianDelaware / hr
Electrician$63,190$63,190$30.38
Plumber$63,800$63,800$30.67
HVAC Technician$61,010$61,010$29.33
Pipefitter$63,800$63,800$30.67
Ironworker$62,780$62,780$30.18
Carpenter$60,580$60,580$29.13

Trade pay by Delaware metro

Local BLS medians vs the Delaware state average.

MetroMedianvs state
Wilmington$65,7201.04× state
Newark$63,1901.0× state
Dover$60,6600.96× state
Sussex County beaches$59,4000.94× state
Is Delaware a good state for trade pay given its size?

It punches at its weight rather than above it, with a wage index right at the national median. What Delaware offers is proximity: crews can work Philadelphia, Baltimore and the whole I-95 corridor from a Delaware base while paying no sales tax at home. The chemical and pharmaceutical plants along the Delaware River provide the specialised industrial work.

How accurate is the Delaware benchmark in this calculator?

The calculator applies a Delaware wage index (1×) to national BLS OEWS medians, a reference estimate, not a quote. Wilmington scale runs above the state figure while rural markets run below it. For exact BLS state and metro medians with percentiles, use the Delaware salary guide.

Does a Delaware salary go as far as the number suggests?

Not entirely. Delaware withholds 2.2%-6.6% (top rate from $60,000) from every paycheck, and Wilmington adds a 1.25% city wage tax, which costs roughly $4,290 a year on a $65,000 salary before any local layer. That is why a gross figure here is not directly comparable with one from a no-income-tax state; run both through the Delaware paycheck calculator to compare take-home.

What is the median trade salary in Delaware?

It varies by role: the Delaware electrician median is about $63,190, plumbers $63,800, HVAC technicians $61,010, and pipefitters $63,800 (BLS OEWS May 2025, Delaware-adjusted). Enter your own pay in the calculator to see your percentile against any role.

How is the Delaware wage index applied?

National BLS OEWS medians are multiplied by a 1 Delaware factor to localise them, reflecting that Delaware gross pay runs about 0% above the national average. Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. It is a reference estimate, not an employer offer.

Which Delaware metros pay trades the most?

Wilmington pays the most, about 4% above the state figure, on port, pharmaceutical and downtown commercial work, though the 1.25% city wage tax claws part of it back. Newark tracks the state median on university and industrial projects, Dover runs below it, and Sussex County lowest despite heavy coastal residential volume.

Do Delaware trade wages include overtime?

The benchmark medians are base pay. Delaware follows the federal 1.5x-after-40 standard, and refinery and chemical-plant turnarounds along the Delaware River are the state's main source of sustained overtime. This calculator lets you add overtime hours at 1.5x (or 2x) to model total annual pay.

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Sources & methodology

Salary figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (May 2025) national medians localised with a 1 Delaware wage index; hourly rates assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Primary sources: BLS OEWS · Delaware Division of Revenue · Delaware Department of Labor. Reviewed 2026-07-25 by the GlobalCybers Data Desk · reference estimates, not an offer of pay. Full methodology →

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