Buyers and Purchasing Agents in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,824
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$22,076
24.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,199
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
$90,900
Kept after tax
$68,824
Worth in national money
$66,199
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maryland pays buyers and purchasing agents a middle wage of $90,900, ranking 3 of 51 states and sitting about 16.97% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Maryland reports, buyers and purchasing agents comes in at 122 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $90,900 the take-home is $68,824; in national-average money that behaves like $66,199. The average comes to $97,050, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maryland's median for buyers and purchasing agents is $90,900, about 16.97% above the national figure and 3 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Buyers and purchasing agents ranks 122 of 489 occupations by median in Maryland, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for buyers and purchasing agents in Maryland, on $90,900, is $68,824; deflated by the state's price level, $66,199. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $97,050 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Buyers and Purchasing Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $90,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $148,700 |
| This salary | $90,900 |
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 | $68,824 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $72,778 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,695 |
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 | $85,279 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,010 |
| 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 buyers and purchasing agents in Maryland earn under $90,900 and half over. The published range runs $56,310 at the tenth percentile to $148,700 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 Maryland's $68,824, worked from $90,900. 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 122 of 489.
- Two cautions on $66,199, the adjusted value of that $90,900 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 122 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for buyers and purchasing agents in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $56,310 to $148,700; 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 Maryland take-home of $68,824, on $90,900 for work ranking 122 of 489 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 122 of 489 in the state.
- This $66,199 adjusted figure, worked from $90,900, 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 122 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 122 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $97,050, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $56,310 at the bottom tenth to $148,700 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Maryland run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $66,199 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $68,824.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $97,050. 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 ($56,310) and the ninetieth ($148,700) 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 $66,199 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 $68,824 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.