Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,882
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$10,798
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,208
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
$54,680
Kept after tax
$43,882
Worth in national money
$42,208
State rank
24
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland sits in the middle of the pack for drywall and ceiling tile installers. The median is $54,680, ranking 24 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Maryland, this sits in the middle: 309 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $54,680 the take-home is $43,882; in national-average money that behaves like $42,208. The average comes to $55,130, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maryland occupies the middle band for drywall and ceiling tile installers: a median of $54,680, ranking 24 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Drywall and ceiling tile installers ranks 309 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.
- Take-home for drywall and ceiling tile installers in Maryland, on $54,680, is $43,882; deflated by the state's price level, $42,208. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $55,130 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,230 |
| This salary | $54,680 |
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 | $43,882 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,115 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,248 |
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 | $51,900 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,347 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Maryland earn less than $54,680. The published range is $39,400 up to $73,230, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $43,882 take-home in Maryland comes from $54,680. 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 309 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,208, the adjusted value of that $54,680 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 309 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for drywall and ceiling tile installers in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,400 to $73,230. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $43,882, from $54,680, 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 309 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $42,208 — the adjusted value of that $54,680 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 309 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,400 at the tenth percentile, $73,230 at the ninetieth.
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 $42,208 of national purchasing power.
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, $43,882 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,400 to $73,230) 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 $42,208 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 $43,882 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.