Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,058
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$23,772
24.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,310
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
$95,830
Kept after tax
$72,058
Worth in national money
$69,310
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maryland pays this job a middle wage of $95,830, ranking 6 of 51 states and sitting about 22.56% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Maryland reports, this job comes in at 112 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $95,830 the take-home is $72,058. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $69,310 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $94,540, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Maryland's median for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians is $95,830, about 22.56% above the national figure and 6 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.
- Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians ranks 112 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Maryland income tax is $72,058 for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians, from $95,830. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $69,310. ⚠️ 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 $94,540 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,810 |
| This salary | $95,830 |
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 | $72,058 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,246 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,153 |
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 | $89,876 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,643 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $95,830 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $56,200 and the ninetieth is $131,810 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $72,058, from $95,830, 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 112 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $69,310, the adjusted value of that $95,830 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 112 of 489 locally.
- The Maryland median of $95,830 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $56,200 to $131,810. 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 $72,058 from $95,830. 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 112 of 489 locally.
- This $69,310 adjusted figure, worked from $95,830, 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 112 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 112 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $56,200 at the bottom tenth to $131,810 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Maryland costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $69,310 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Maryland adds its own income tax on top — which is why $72,058 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($56,200) and the ninetieth ($131,810) 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 $69,310 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 $72,058 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.