Museum Technicians and Conservators in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,640
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$17,260
22.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,365
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
$76,900
Kept after tax
$59,640
Worth in national money
$57,365
State rank
1
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maryland pays this job a middle wage of $76,900, ranking 1 of 45 states and sitting about 49.49% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Maryland reports figures for, this is number 175.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $76,900 the take-home is $59,640; in national-average money that behaves like $57,365. The average comes to $85,110, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maryland's median for museum technicians and conservators is $76,900, about 49.49% above the national figure and 1 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Maryland's occupational distribution, museum technicians and conservators sits at 175 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for museum technicians and conservators in Maryland, on $76,900, is $59,640; deflated by the state's price level, $57,365. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $85,110 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Museum Technicians and Conservators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $140,670 |
| This salary | $76,900 |
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 | $59,640 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,929 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,393 |
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 | $72,225 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,212 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $76,900 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,740 and the ninetieth is $140,670 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maryland's $59,640, worked from $76,900. 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 175 of 489.
- Two cautions on $57,365, the adjusted value of that $76,900 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 175 of 489 locally.
- The Maryland median of $76,900 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,740 to $140,670. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Maryland take-home of $59,640, on $76,900 for work ranking 175 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 175 of 489 in the state.
- This $57,365 adjusted figure, worked from $76,900, 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 175 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 175 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 $85,110 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $48,740 at the bottom tenth to $140,670 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $57,365 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 $59,640 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $85,110. 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 ($48,740) and the ninetieth ($140,670) 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 $57,365 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 $59,640 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.