Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,993
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$7,607
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,697
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
$41,600
Kept after tax
$33,993
Worth in national money
$32,697
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maryland pays this job around $41,600 at the midpoint, 24 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 489 occupations Maryland publishes, this job lands at 419. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $41,600, tax leaves $33,993 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $32,697 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $42,990, since top earners drag the number up.
- For laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand the Maryland median is $41,600, ranking 24 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 419 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, $33,993 remains from the Maryland median of $41,600 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $32,697 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $42,990 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $55,710 |
| This salary | $41,600 |
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 | $33,993 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,606 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,944 |
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 | $39,593 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,770 |
| 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 laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand in Maryland earn under $41,600 and half over. The published range runs $34,280 at the tenth percentile to $55,710 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $33,993 take-home in Maryland comes from $41,600. 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 419 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,697, the adjusted value of that $41,600 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 419 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,280 to $55,710; 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 $33,993, from $41,600, 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 419 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $32,697 — the adjusted value of that $41,600 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 419 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 $42,990, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,280 at the bottom tenth to $55,710 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $32,697 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Maryland then takes its own share, leaving $33,993.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $42,990. 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 ($34,280 to $55,710) 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 $32,697 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 $33,993 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.