Prepress Technicians and Workers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,486
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$12,284
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,637
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
$60,770
Kept after tax
$48,486
Worth in national money
$46,637
State rank
2
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for prepress technicians and workers is strong here. Maryland's middle earner gets $60,770, putting the state 2 of 45 — about 24.81% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Prepress technicians and workers ranks 261 among 489 occupations Maryland publishes pay for.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $60,770 the take-home is $48,486; in national-average money that behaves like $46,637. The average lands at $57,600, below the middle of the range.
- For prepress technicians and workers, Maryland sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $60,770, ranking 2 of 45 and running about 24.81% 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.
- Position 261 of 489 in Maryland places prepress technicians and workers 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.
- Take-home for prepress technicians and workers in Maryland, on $60,770, is $48,486; deflated by the state's price level, $46,637. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $57,600 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Prepress Technicians and Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,980 |
| This salary | $60,770 |
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 | $48,486 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,009 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,855 |
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 | $57,630 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,081 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,770 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,970 and the ninetieth is $75,980 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $48,486 take-home in Maryland comes from $60,770. 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 261 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,637 uses one figure for the whole of Maryland. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 261.
- The Maryland median of $60,770 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,970 to $75,980. 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 $48,486, from $60,770, 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 261 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,637, worked from $60,770, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Maryland address, on work sitting at 261 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 $57,600 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,970 at the tenth percentile, $75,980 at the ninetieth.
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 $46,637 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Maryland then takes its own share, leaving $48,486.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 $57,600. 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 ($37,970 to $75,980) 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 $46,637 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 $48,486 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.