Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,351
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$7,399
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,079
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
$40,750
Kept after tax
$33,351
Worth in national money
$32,079
State rank
29
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maryland is 29 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $40,750. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Maryland this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 423. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $40,750 the take-home is $33,351. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $32,079 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $47,990, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maryland ranks 29 of 50 for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks at $40,750. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Maryland reports, reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks ranks 423 of 489, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Maryland income tax is $33,351 for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks, from $40,750. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $32,079. ⚠️ 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 $47,990 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,780 |
| This salary | $40,750 |
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 | $33,351 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,923 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,859 |
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 | $38,794 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,667 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $40,750 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,380 and the ninetieth is $76,780 — 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 $33,351, worked from $40,750. 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 423 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,079, the adjusted value of that $40,750 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 423 of 489 in the state.
- The Maryland median of $40,750 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,380 to $76,780. 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 $33,351, on $40,750 for work ranking 423 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 423 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $32,079 — the adjusted value of that $40,750 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 423 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 $47,990 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $37,380, the highest tenth $76,780, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $32,079 — 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 $33,351.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $47,990. 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 ($37,380) and the ninetieth ($76,780) 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 $32,079 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 $33,351 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.