Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,990
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$12,770
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,084
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
$62,760
Kept after tax
$49,990
Worth in national money
$48,084
State rank
30
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maryland is 30 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $62,760. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Maryland, this sits in the middle: 245 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $62,760 the take-home is $49,990. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $48,084 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $65,950, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maryland ranks 30 of 50 for civil engineering technologists and technicians at $62,760. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Civil engineering technologists and technicians ranks 245 of 489 occupations in Maryland by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Maryland income tax is $49,990 for civil engineering technologists and technicians, from $62,760. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $48,084. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $65,950 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $87,100 |
| This salary | $62,760 |
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 | $49,990 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,608 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,053 |
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 | $59,502 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,321 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,760 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,370 and the ninetieth is $87,100 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $49,990 take-home in Maryland comes from $62,760. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 245 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $48,084, the adjusted value of that $62,760 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 245 of 489 in the state.
- The Maryland median of $62,760 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,370 to $87,100. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $49,990, from $62,760, assumes a single Maryland filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 245 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $48,084 — the adjusted value of that $62,760 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 245 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 $65,950, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $46,370 and the top tenth $87,100, so most people doing this work in Maryland sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $48,084 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 $49,990.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $65,950. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,370 to $87,100) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Maryland rather than a national figure.
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 $48,084 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 $49,990 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.