Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,654
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$6,206
17.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,523
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
$35,860
Kept after tax
$29,654
Worth in national money
$28,523
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maryland pays hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks around $35,860 at the midpoint, 20 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 489 occupations Maryland publishes, hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks lands at 468. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $35,860 the take-home is $29,654. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $28,523 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $36,350, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks the Maryland median is $35,860, ranking 20 of 51 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 468 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Maryland income tax is $29,654 for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks, from $35,860. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $28,523. ⚠️ 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 $36,350 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $42,920 |
| This salary | $35,860 |
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 | $29,654 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,994 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,372 |
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 | $34,193 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,078 |
| 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 hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in Maryland earn under $35,860 and half over. The published range runs $31,560 at the tenth percentile to $42,920 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $29,654 take-home in Maryland comes from $35,860. 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 468 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $28,523 uses one figure for the whole of Maryland. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 468.
- Figures are distribution medians for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,560 to $42,920; 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 $29,654, from $35,860, 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 468 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $28,523, worked from $35,860, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Maryland address, on work sitting at 468 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,560 and the top tenth $42,920, so most people doing this work in Maryland sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $28,523 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, $29,654 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,560 to $42,920) 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 $28,523 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 $29,654 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.