Advertising Sales Agents in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,775
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$12,055
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,953
Maryland costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Maryland — 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
$59,830
Kept after tax
$47,775
Worth in national money
$45,953
State rank
22
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland sits in the middle of the pack for advertising sales agents. The median is $59,830, ranking 22 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Advertising sales agents ranks 273 among 489 occupations Maryland publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $59,830, tax leaves $47,775 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $45,953 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $78,370, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maryland occupies the middle band for advertising sales agents: a median of $59,830, ranking 22 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 273 of 489 in Maryland places advertising sales agents 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.
- After tax, $47,775 remains from the Maryland median of $59,830 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $45,953 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $78,370 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Advertising Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $137,590 |
| This salary | $59,830 |
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 Maryland | $47,775 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,253 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,761 |
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 | $56,746 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,968 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
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 advertising sales agents in Maryland earn under $59,830 and half over. The published range runs $43,130 at the tenth percentile to $137,590 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $47,775, from $59,830, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 273 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $45,953, the adjusted value of that $59,830 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Maryland. 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 273 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for advertising sales agents in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,130 to $137,590; 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.
- Take-home for Maryland is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $47,775 from $59,830. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 273 of 489 locally.
- This $45,953 adjusted figure, worked from $59,830, 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 273 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 273 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $78,370, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $43,130 and the top tenth $137,590 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $45,953 of national purchasing power.
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; Maryland then takes its own share, leaving $47,775.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Maryland is $78,370. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($43,130) and the ninetieth ($137,590) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Maryland's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $45,953 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $47,775 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Maryland 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.