Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment Salary

It’s a stretch — at the median salary of $38K, rent takes 46.8% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,199/month. The 30% guideline puts the comfortable ceiling at roughly $800/month in rent — so roommates or a 1-bedroom would ease the math significantly.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new cleaners of vehicles and equipments typically earn — is $31K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,162/month.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $38K locally vs. $36K nationally, a 5% difference.

Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area pays $38K median vs. the U.S. average of $36K — that’s +5%.

The median is $37,650 a year, that works out to about $18 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $31,200, and experienced cleaners of vehicles and equipments can clear $39,550. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $2,564/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,199/month, which eats 46.8% of your paycheck. That's above the 30% rule of thumb, housing will be a stretch at the median salary, though you can manage with roommates or a smaller place.

Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median cleaners of vehicles and equipment salary is worth about $37,650 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.