Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,138
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$12,172
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,302
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
$60,310
Kept after tax
$48,138
Worth in national money
$46,302
State rank
14
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $60,310, which ranks 14 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 4.8% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 266 among 489 occupations Maryland publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $60,310, tax leaves $48,138 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $46,302 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $58,660.
- Maryland ranks 14 of 49 states publishing a median for motorboat mechanics and service technicians, at $60,310 — about 4.8% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 266 of 489 in Maryland places motorboat mechanics and service technicians in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After tax, $48,138 remains from the Maryland median of $60,310 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $46,302 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $58,660 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,720 |
| This salary | $60,310 |
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 | $48,138 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,639 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,809 |
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 | $57,197 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,026 |
| 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 $60,310. The published range is $36,950 up to $76,720, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $48,138, from $60,310, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 266 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $46,302, the adjusted value of that $60,310 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 266 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for motorboat mechanics and service technicians in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,950 to $76,720. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Maryland is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $48,138 from $60,310. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 266 of 489 locally.
- This $46,302 adjusted figure, worked from $60,310, 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 266 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 266 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,950 at the bottom tenth to $76,720 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $46,302 of national purchasing power.
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, $48,138 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 ($36,950 to $76,720) 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 $46,302 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 $48,138 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.