Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,889
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$8,541
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,482
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
$45,430
Kept after tax
$36,889
Worth in national money
$35,482
State rank
38
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Maryland. The middle earner gets $45,430. That is 38 of 47 states, and about 13.53% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 489 occupations Maryland publishes, this job lands at 394. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $45,430, tax leaves $36,889 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $35,482 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $49,690, since top earners drag the number up.
- For jewelers and precious stone and metal workers, Maryland sits in the lower band at $45,430, ranking 38 of 47 and trailing the national median by about 13.53%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Maryland, this work ranks 394 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.
- After tax, $36,889 remains from the Maryland median of $45,430 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $35,482 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $49,690 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,430 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,890 |
| This salary | $45,430 |
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 | $36,889 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,683 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,326 |
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 | $43,197 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,232 |
| 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 jewelers and precious stone and metal workers in Maryland earn under $45,430 and half over. The published range runs $34,380 at the tenth percentile to $64,890 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $36,889 take-home in Maryland comes from $45,430. 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 394 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,482 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 394.
- Figures are distribution medians for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,380 to $64,890; 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 $36,889, from $45,430, 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 394 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,482, worked from $45,430, 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 394 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 $49,690 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,380 at the bottom tenth to $64,890 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $35,482 — 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 $36,889 of this wage survives to your account.
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 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $49,690. 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 ($34,380 to $64,890) 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 $35,482 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 $36,889 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.