Industrial Production Managers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$95,732
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$36,808
27.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$92,081
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
$132,540
Kept after tax
$95,732
Worth in national money
$92,081
State rank
11
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maryland pays industrial production managers a middle wage of $132,540, ranking 11 of 50 states and sitting about 5.14% above the national middle.
- Within Maryland this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, industrial production managers ranks 33 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $132,540, tax leaves $95,732 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $92,081 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $139,400, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maryland's median for industrial production managers is $132,540, about 5.14% above the national figure and 11 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Maryland publishes a median for, industrial production managers sits 33 of 489 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After tax, $95,732 remains from the Maryland median of $132,540 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $92,081 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $139,400 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Industrial Production Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $132,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $213,100 |
| This salary | $132,540 |
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 | $95,732 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $101,857 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,738 |
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 | $123,578 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,900 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $132,540 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $78,760 and the ninetieth is $213,100 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maryland's $95,732, worked from $132,540. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 33 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $92,081 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 33.
- The Maryland median of $132,540 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $78,760 to $213,100. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Maryland take-home of $95,732, on $132,540 for work ranking 33 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 33 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $92,081, worked from $132,540, 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 33 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 $139,400 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $78,760 and the top tenth $213,100 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $92,081 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 $95,732 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 50 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 $139,400. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($78,760) and the ninetieth ($213,100) 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 $92,081 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 $95,732 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.