Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,710
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$27,380
25.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,708
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
$106,090
Kept after tax
$78,710
Worth in national money
$75,708
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $106,090, which ranks 15 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 11.3% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maryland. It ranks 78 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $106,090 the take-home is $78,710; in national-average money that behaves like $75,708. The average lands at $97,450, below the middle of the range.
- Maryland ranks 15 of 51 states publishing a median for electrical power-line installers and repairers, at $106,090 — about 11.3% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Maryland, electrical power-line installers and repairers ranks 78 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.
- Take-home for electrical power-line installers and repairers in Maryland, on $106,090, is $78,710; deflated by the state's price level, $75,708. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $97,450 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $106,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,750 |
| This salary | $106,090 |
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 | $78,710 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,464 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,183 |
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 | $99,332 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,065 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $106,090 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $62,160 and the ninetieth is $124,750 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maryland's $78,710, worked from $106,090. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 78 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $75,708 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 78.
- The Maryland median of $106,090 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $62,160 to $124,750. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Maryland take-home of $78,710, on $106,090 for work ranking 78 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 78 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $75,708, worked from $106,090, 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 78 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $97,450 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $62,160 at the tenth percentile, $124,750 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 $75,708 of national purchasing power.
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 $78,710 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $97,450. 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 ($62,160 to $124,750) 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 $75,708 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 $78,710 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.