Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,336
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$6,104
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,217
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
$35,440
Kept after tax
$29,336
Worth in national money
$28,217
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maryland is 32 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $35,440. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Maryland this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 476. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $35,440 the take-home is $29,336; in national-average money that behaves like $28,217. The average comes to $42,360, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maryland ranks 32 of 51 for motor vehicle operators, all other at $35,440. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Maryland reports, motor vehicle operators, all other ranks 476 of 489, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Take-home for motor vehicle operators, all other in Maryland, on $35,440, is $29,336; deflated by the state's price level, $28,217. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $42,360 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,870 |
| This salary | $35,440 |
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 | $29,336 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,656 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,330 |
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 | $33,797 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,027 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Maryland earn less than $35,440. The published range is $31,220 up to $69,870, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $29,336 take-home in Maryland comes from $35,440. 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 476 of 489.
- Two cautions on $28,217, the adjusted value of that $35,440 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Maryland. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 476 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for motor vehicle operators, all other in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,220 to $69,870. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $29,336, from $35,440, 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 476 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 51 for it.
- This $28,217 adjusted figure, worked from $35,440, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 476 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 476 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 $42,360 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $31,220 and the top tenth $69,870 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $28,217 rather than its face figure.
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 $29,336 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $42,360. 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 ($31,220) and the ninetieth ($69,870) 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 $28,217 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 $29,336 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.