Marketing Managers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$109,330
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$44,830
29.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$105,160
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
$154,160
Kept after tax
$109,330
Worth in national money
$105,160
State rank
19
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland sits in the middle of the pack for marketing managers. The median is $154,160, ranking 19 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maryland. It ranks 17 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $154,160, tax leaves $109,330 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $105,160 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $160,240, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maryland occupies the middle band for marketing managers: a median of $154,160, ranking 19 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Maryland, marketing managers ranks 17 of 489 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After tax, $109,330 remains from the Maryland median of $154,160 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $105,160 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $160,240 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Marketing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $82,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $154,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $256,260 |
| This salary | $154,160 |
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 | $109,330 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $116,634 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,865 |
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 | $143,473 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$21,134 |
| 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 marketing managers in Maryland earn under $154,160 and half over. The published range runs $82,830 at the tenth percentile to $256,260 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $109,330 take-home in Maryland comes from $154,160. 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 17 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $105,160 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 17.
- Figures are distribution medians for marketing managers in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $82,830 to $256,260; 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 $109,330, from $154,160, 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 17 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $105,160, worked from $154,160, 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 17 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $160,240, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $82,830, the highest tenth $256,260, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $105,160 of national purchasing power.
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 $109,330 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 48 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 $160,240. 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 ($82,830) and the ninetieth ($256,260) 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 $105,160 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 $109,330 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.