Helpers--Electricians in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,785
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$8,185
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,420
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
$43,970
Kept after tax
$35,785
Worth in national money
$34,420
State rank
24
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maryland pays helpers--electricians around $43,970 at the midpoint, 24 of 47 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 489 occupations Maryland publishes, helpers--electricians lands at 404. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $43,970 the take-home is $35,785; in national-average money that behaves like $34,420. The average lands at $43,220, below the middle of the range.
- For helpers--electricians the Maryland median is $43,970, ranking 24 of 47 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.
- Within Maryland, this work ranks 404 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Take-home for helpers--electricians in Maryland, on $43,970, is $35,785; deflated by the state's price level, $34,420. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $43,220 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Helpers--Electricians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,040 |
| This salary | $43,970 |
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 | $35,785 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,510 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,180 |
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 | $41,823 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,055 |
| 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 $43,970. The published range is $31,200 up to $59,040, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $35,785 take-home in Maryland comes from $43,970. 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 404 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $34,420, the adjusted value of that $43,970 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 404 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for helpers--electricians in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,200 to $59,040. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $35,785, from $43,970, 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 404 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $34,420 — the adjusted value of that $43,970 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 404 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,200 at the tenth percentile, $59,040 at the ninetieth.
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 $34,420 — 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 $35,785 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 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 ($31,200 to $59,040) 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 $34,420 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 $35,785 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.