First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,590
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$12,641
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,698
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
$62,230
Kept after tax
$49,590
Worth in national money
$47,698
State rank
17
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maryland pays this job around $62,230 at the midpoint, 17 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 249 among 489 occupations Maryland publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $62,230 the take-home is $49,590. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $47,698 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $63,080, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers the Maryland median is $62,230, ranking 17 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 249 of 489 in Maryland places first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Maryland income tax is $49,590 for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers, from $62,230. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $47,698. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $63,080 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,170 |
| This salary | $62,230 |
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 | $49,590 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,182 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,001 |
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 | $59,004 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,257 |
| 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 $62,230. The published range is $38,660 up to $90,170, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $49,590, from $62,230, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 249 of 489 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,698, the adjusted value of that $62,230 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 249 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,660 to $90,170. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Maryland is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $49,590 from $62,230. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 249 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $47,698 — the adjusted value of that $62,230 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 249 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,660 and the top tenth $90,170 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $47,698 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, $49,590 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($38,660) and the ninetieth ($90,170) 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 $47,698 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 $49,590 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.