Engineers, All Other in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,984
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$35,786
27.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$90,399
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
$129,770
Kept after tax
$93,984
Worth in national money
$90,399
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland is one of the better-paying states for engineers, all other. The middle earner takes $129,770, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 5.56% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Maryland reports, engineers, all other comes in at 40 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $129,770, tax leaves $93,984 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $90,399 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $129,030.
- Maryland ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for engineers, all other, at $129,770 — about 5.56% 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.
- Engineers, all other ranks 40 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.
- After tax, $93,984 remains from the Maryland median of $129,770 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $90,399 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $129,030 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Engineers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $129,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $195,190 |
| This salary | $129,770 |
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 | $93,984 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $99,964 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,470 |
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 | $121,043 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,452 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $129,770 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $60,780 and the ninetieth is $195,190 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $93,984 take-home in Maryland comes from $129,770. 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 40 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $90,399 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 40.
- The Maryland median of $129,770 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $60,780 to $195,190. 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 $93,984, from $129,770, 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 40 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $90,399, worked from $129,770, 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 40 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $60,780 at the bottom tenth to $195,190 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $90,399 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, $93,984 remains.
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 ($60,780) and the ninetieth ($195,190) 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 $90,399 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 $93,984 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.