Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,192
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$10,898
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,506
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
$55,090
Kept after tax
$44,192
Worth in national money
$42,506
State rank
25
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maryland is 25 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $55,090. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Maryland reports figures for, this is number 307.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $55,090, tax leaves $44,192 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $42,506 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $61,430, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maryland ranks 25 of 49 for environmental science and protection technicians, including health at $55,090. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Maryland's occupational distribution, environmental science and protection technicians, including health sits at 307 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $44,192 remains from the Maryland median of $55,090 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $42,506 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $61,430 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,480 |
| This salary | $55,090 |
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 | $44,192 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,445 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,289 |
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 | $52,286 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,396 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of environmental science and protection technicians, including health in Maryland earn under $55,090 and half over. The published range runs $37,370 at the tenth percentile to $99,480 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $44,192 take-home in Maryland comes from $55,090. 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 307 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,506, the adjusted value of that $55,090 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 307 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for environmental science and protection technicians, including health in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,370 to $99,480; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $44,192, from $55,090, 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 307 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 25 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $42,506 — the adjusted value of that $55,090 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 307 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 $61,430, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $37,370 at the bottom tenth to $99,480 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 $42,506 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Maryland then takes its own share, leaving $44,192.
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.
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 $61,430. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,370) and the ninetieth ($99,480) 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 $42,506 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 $44,192 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.