Facilities Managers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,285
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$24,415
25.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,490
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
$97,700
Kept after tax
$73,285
Worth in national money
$70,490
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland is among the lower-paying states for facilities managers. The middle earner takes $97,700, ranking 42 of 51 states — about 8.4% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Maryland reports, facilities managers comes in at 106 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $97,700, tax leaves $73,285 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $70,490 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $108,020, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maryland ranks 42 of 51 for facilities managers, with a median of $97,700 — about 8.4% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Facilities managers ranks 106 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, $73,285 remains from the Maryland median of $97,700 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $70,490 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $108,020 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Facilities Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $168,900 |
| This salary | $97,700 |
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 | $73,285 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,562 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,327 |
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 | $91,620 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,883 |
| 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 facilities managers in Maryland earn under $97,700 and half over. The published range runs $62,620 at the tenth percentile to $168,900 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $73,285 take-home in Maryland comes from $97,700. 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 106 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $70,490, the adjusted value of that $97,700 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 106 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for facilities managers in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $62,620 to $168,900; 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 $73,285, from $97,700, 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 106 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $70,490 — the adjusted value of that $97,700 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 106 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $108,020, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $62,620 at the bottom tenth to $168,900 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $70,490 — 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 $73,285 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 $108,020. 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 ($62,620) and the ninetieth ($168,900) 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 $70,490 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 $73,285 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.