Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,872
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$8,859
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,427
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
$46,730
Kept after tax
$37,872
Worth in national money
$36,427
State rank
28
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $46,730, ranking 28 of 46 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Maryland, this one sits low: 378 of 489 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $46,730, tax leaves $37,872 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $36,427 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $46,920, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maryland occupies the middle band for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic: a median of $46,730, ranking 28 of 46. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic occupies position 378 of 489 in Maryland's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $37,872 remains from the Maryland median of $46,730 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $36,427 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $46,920 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,360 |
| This salary | $46,730 |
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 | $37,872 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,728 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,455 |
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 | $44,420 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,388 |
| 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 extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Maryland earn under $46,730 and half over. The published range runs $33,910 at the tenth percentile to $60,360 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maryland's $37,872, worked from $46,730. 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 378 of 489.
- Two cautions on $36,427, the adjusted value of that $46,730 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 378 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,910 to $60,360; 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.
- The Maryland take-home of $37,872, on $46,730 for work ranking 378 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 378 of 489 in the state.
- This $36,427 adjusted figure, worked from $46,730, 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 378 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 378 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $33,910 at the bottom tenth to $60,360 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $36,427 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, $37,872 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,910 to $60,360) 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 $36,427 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 $37,872 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.