Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,336
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$31,424
26.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,043
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
$117,760
Kept after tax
$86,336
Worth in national money
$83,043
State rank
9
of 48 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 $117,760, ranking 9 of 48 states and sitting about 14.31% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maryland. It ranks 59 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $117,760 the take-home is $86,336. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $83,043 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $112,470, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Maryland's median for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay is $117,760, about 14.31% above the national figure and 9 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Maryland, electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay ranks 59 of 489 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Maryland income tax is $86,336 for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay, from $117,760. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $83,043. ⚠️ 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 $112,470 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $91,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $117,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,740 |
| This salary | $117,760 |
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 | $86,336 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $91,674 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,296 |
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 | $110,172 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,603 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $117,760 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $91,860 and the ninetieth is $126,740 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $86,336 take-home in Maryland comes from $117,760. 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 59 of 489.
- Two cautions on $83,043, the adjusted value of that $117,760 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 59 of 489 locally.
- The Maryland median of $117,760 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $91,860 to $126,740. 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 $86,336, from $117,760, 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 59 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 48 for it.
- This $83,043 adjusted figure, worked from $117,760, 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 59 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 59 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 $112,470, 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 $91,860 and the top tenth $126,740, so most people doing this work in Maryland sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $83,043 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $86,336 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $112,470. 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 ($91,860 to $126,740) 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 $83,043 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 $86,336 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.