Maintenance Workers, Machinery in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,579
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$11,991
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,764
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
$59,570
Kept after tax
$47,579
Worth in national money
$45,764
State rank
29
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maryland pays maintenance workers, machinery around $59,570 at the midpoint, 29 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Maryland, this sits in the middle: 276 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $59,570, tax leaves $47,579 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $45,764 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $58,510.
- For maintenance workers, machinery the Maryland median is $59,570, ranking 29 of 46 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.
- Maintenance workers, machinery ranks 276 of 489 occupations in Maryland by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After tax, $47,579 remains from the Maryland median of $59,570 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $45,764 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $58,510 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Maintenance Workers, Machinery
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,730 |
| This salary | $59,570 |
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 | $47,579 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,044 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,735 |
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 | $56,501 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,936 |
| 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 maintenance workers, machinery in Maryland earn under $59,570 and half over. The published range runs $40,020 at the tenth percentile to $77,730 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maryland's $47,579, worked from $59,570. 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 276 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,764 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 276.
- Figures are distribution medians for maintenance workers, machinery in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,020 to $77,730; 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.
- The Maryland take-home of $47,579, on $59,570 for work ranking 276 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 276 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,764, worked from $59,570, 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 276 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $40,020 at the bottom tenth to $77,730 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 $45,764 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $47,579 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,020 to $77,730) 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 $45,764 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 $47,579 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.