Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,077
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$18,013
22.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,747
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
$79,090
Kept after tax
$61,077
Worth in national money
$58,747
State rank
2
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $79,090, which ranks 2 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 19.62% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Maryland reports figures for, this is number 161.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $79,090 the take-home is $61,077. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $58,747 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $83,670, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maryland ranks 2 of 45 states publishing a median for industrial engineering technologists and technicians, at $79,090 — about 19.62% 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.
- In Maryland's occupational distribution, industrial engineering technologists and technicians sits at 161 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Maryland income tax is $61,077 for industrial engineering technologists and technicians, from $79,090. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $58,747. ⚠️ 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 $83,670 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $115,300 |
| This salary | $79,090 |
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 | $61,077 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,470 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,597 |
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 | $74,267 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,493 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $79,090 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $62,500 and the ninetieth is $115,300 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $61,077, from $79,090, 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 161 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $58,747, the adjusted value of that $79,090 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 161 of 489 locally.
- The Maryland median of $79,090 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $62,500 to $115,300. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Maryland is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $61,077 from $79,090. 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 161 of 489 locally.
- This $58,747 adjusted figure, worked from $79,090, 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 161 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 161 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 $83,670, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $62,500 and the top tenth $115,300, so most people doing this work in Maryland sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Maryland costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $58,747 rather than its face figure.
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 $61,077 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $83,670. 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 ($62,500 to $115,300) 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 $58,747 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 $61,077 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.