Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,040
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$8,590
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,627
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
$45,630
Kept after tax
$37,040
Worth in national money
$35,627
State rank
40
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Maryland. The middle earner gets $45,630. That is 40 of 49 states, and about 4.7% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Measured against other jobs in Maryland, this one sits low: 390 of 489 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $45,630, tax leaves $37,040 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $35,627 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $50,780, since top earners drag the number up.
- For outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics, Maryland sits in the lower band at $45,630, ranking 40 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 4.7%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics occupies position 390 of 489 in Maryland's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $37,040 remains from the Maryland median of $45,630 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $35,627 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $50,780 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,850 |
| This salary | $45,630 |
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 | $37,040 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,844 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,346 |
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 | $43,385 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,256 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,630 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,130 and the ninetieth is $66,850 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,040 take-home in Maryland comes from $45,630. 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 390 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $35,627, the adjusted value of that $45,630 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 390 of 489 in the state.
- The Maryland median of $45,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,130 to $66,850. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $37,040, from $45,630, 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 390 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $35,627 — the adjusted value of that $45,630 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 390 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 $50,780 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,130 at the bottom tenth to $66,850 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 $35,627 — 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 $37,040 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $50,780. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,130 to $66,850) 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 $35,627 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 $37,040 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.