Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,589
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$6,831
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,384
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
$38,420
Kept after tax
$31,589
Worth in national money
$30,384
State rank
10
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $38,420, which ranks 10 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 7.74% above the national middle.
- Within Maryland this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 439. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $38,420, tax leaves $31,589 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $30,384 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $39,840, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maryland ranks 10 of 50 states publishing a median for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse, at $38,420 — about 7.74% 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.
- Against every occupation Maryland reports, farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse ranks 439 of 489, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $31,589 remains from the Maryland median of $38,420 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $30,384 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $39,840 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,030 |
| This salary | $38,420 |
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 | $31,589 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,050 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,627 |
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 | $36,601 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,386 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Maryland earn less than $38,420. The published range is $33,280 up to $49,030, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $31,589 take-home in Maryland comes from $38,420. 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 439 of 489.
- Two cautions on $30,384, the adjusted value of that $38,420 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 439 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $33,280 to $49,030. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $31,589, from $38,420, 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 439 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 50 for it.
- This $30,384 adjusted figure, worked from $38,420, 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 439 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 439 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 $39,840 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $33,280 at the bottom tenth to $49,030 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $30,384 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $31,589 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $39,840. 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 ($33,280 to $49,030) 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 $30,384 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 $31,589 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.