SALARY · FOOD PREPARATION WORKERS · DELAWARE

Food Preparation Workers salary in Delaware

Salary talk gets noisy fast, so I try to keep it plain. In Delaware, food preparation workers earned a median of $35,930 a year. From there, this page walks through the range, the hourly rate, how many people do the job here, and what stays in your pocket after federal tax and FICA.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$35,930

$17 per hour at the median · That is $610 (1.7 percent) above the national median of $35,320 for this occupation.

$36,360Mean annual salary
$17Mean hourly wage
$2,400People employed in this job in Delaware

Salary range

25th: $31,860Median: $35,93075th: $38,140
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$31,860
Median (50th percentile)$35,930
75th percentile$38,140
Mean$36,360

The middle half of workers earned from $31,860 to $38,140 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$29,733 a year
$2,478 a month
Federal tax $2,132 · FICA $2,749 · State tax $1,317

Caveat: the Delaware 2026 PIT-RES return booklet was not retrieved. All calculation inputs are fixed, non-indexed amounts in statute and in a Division of Revenue page covering tax years 2014 and later.

The Wilmington 1.25 percent earned income tax is separate and is not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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