Parking Attendants in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,162
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$6,048
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,050
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
$35,210
Kept after tax
$29,162
Worth in national money
$28,050
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for parking attendants is strong here. Maryland's middle earner gets $35,210, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 0.17% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 489 occupations Maryland publishes, parking attendants lands at 477. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $35,210 the take-home is $29,162. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $28,050 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $38,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For parking attendants, Maryland sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $35,210, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 0.17% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Maryland, this work ranks 477 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Maryland income tax is $29,162 for parking attendants, from $35,210. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $28,050. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $38,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Parking Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,960 |
| This salary | $35,210 |
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 | $29,162 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,471 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,307 |
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 | $33,581 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,999 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $35,210 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,200 and the ninetieth is $46,960 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $29,162, from $35,210, 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 477 of 489 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $28,050, the adjusted value of that $35,210 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 477 of 489 in the state.
- The Maryland median of $35,210 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,200 to $46,960. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Maryland is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $29,162 from $35,210. 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 477 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $28,050 — the adjusted value of that $35,210 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 477 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $38,200, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,200 and the top tenth $46,960, so most people doing this work in Maryland sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $28,050 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, $29,162 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $38,200. 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 ($31,200 to $46,960) 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 $28,050 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 $29,162 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.