Print Binding and Finishing Workers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,692
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$8,478
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,293
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
$45,170
Kept after tax
$36,692
Worth in national money
$35,293
State rank
17
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maryland pays print binding and finishing workers around $45,170 at the midpoint, 17 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 489 occupations Maryland publishes, print binding and finishing workers lands at 395. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $45,170 the take-home is $36,692; in national-average money that behaves like $35,293. The average lands at $45,080, below the middle of the range.
- For print binding and finishing workers the Maryland median is $45,170, ranking 17 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Maryland, this work ranks 395 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.
- Take-home for print binding and finishing workers in Maryland, on $45,170, is $36,692; deflated by the state's price level, $35,293. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $45,080 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Print Binding and Finishing Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,730 |
| This salary | $45,170 |
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 | $36,692 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,474 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,300 |
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 | $42,952 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,200 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,170 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,890 and the ninetieth is $62,730 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $36,692, from $45,170, 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 395 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $35,293, the adjusted value of that $45,170 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 395 of 489 locally.
- The Maryland median of $45,170 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,890 to $62,730. 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 $36,692 from $45,170. 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 395 of 489 locally.
- This $35,293 adjusted figure, worked from $45,170, 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 395 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 395 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,890 at the tenth percentile, $62,730 at the ninetieth.
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 $35,293 rather than its face figure.
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, $36,692 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,890 to $62,730) 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 $35,293 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 $36,692 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.