Medical Equipment Preparers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,346
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$9,334
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,845
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
$48,680
Kept after tax
$39,346
Worth in national money
$37,845
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maryland pays medical equipment preparers a middle wage of $48,680, ranking 14 of 51 states and sitting about 2.05% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Maryland, this sits in the middle: 348 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 $48,680, tax leaves $39,346 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $37,845 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $49,960, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maryland's median for medical equipment preparers is $48,680, about 2.05% above the national figure and 14 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Medical equipment preparers ranks 348 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, $39,346 remains from the Maryland median of $48,680 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $37,845 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $49,960 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Preparers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,820 |
| This salary | $48,680 |
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 | $39,346 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,294 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,650 |
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 | $46,255 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,623 |
| 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 medical equipment preparers in Maryland earn under $48,680 and half over. The published range runs $37,440 at the tenth percentile to $62,820 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 $39,346, worked from $48,680. 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 348 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,845, the adjusted value of that $48,680 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 348 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical equipment preparers in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,440 to $62,820; 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 $39,346, on $48,680 for work ranking 348 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 348 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $37,845 — the adjusted value of that $48,680 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 348 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,440 at the bottom tenth to $62,820 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 $37,845 — 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 $39,346 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,440 to $62,820) 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 $37,845 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 $39,346 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.