Compliance Officers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,770
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$19,950
23.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,300
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
$84,720
Kept after tax
$64,770
Worth in national money
$62,300
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for compliance officers is strong here. Maryland's middle earner gets $84,720, putting the state 13 of 51 — about 4.94% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Maryland, this sits in the middle: 138 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 $84,720 the take-home is $64,770. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $62,300 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $91,660, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For compliance officers, Maryland sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $84,720, ranking 13 of 51 and running about 4.94% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Compliance officers ranks 138 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 $64,770 for compliance officers, from $84,720. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $62,300. ⚠️ 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 $91,660 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Compliance Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,620 |
| This salary | $84,720 |
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 | $64,770 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,431 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,120 |
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 | $79,517 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,216 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $84,720 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $56,310 and the ninetieth is $132,620 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $64,770, from $84,720, 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 138 of 489 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $62,300 uses one figure for the whole of Maryland. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 138.
- The Maryland median of $84,720 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $56,310 to $132,620. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Maryland is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $64,770 from $84,720. 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 138 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $62,300, worked from $84,720, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Maryland address, on work sitting at 138 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 $91,660, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $56,310, the highest tenth $132,620, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $62,300 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Maryland's own levy, $64,770 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $91,660. 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 ($132,620) 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 $62,300 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 $64,770 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.