Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,134
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$15,946
21.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,955
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
$73,080
Kept after tax
$57,134
Worth in national money
$54,955
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Maryland's middle earner gets $73,080, putting the state 17 of 51 — about 1.39% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Maryland reports figures for, this is number 202.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $73,080 the take-home is $57,134; in national-average money that behaves like $54,955. The average comes to $82,750, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products, Maryland sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $73,080, ranking 17 of 51 and running about 1.39% 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.
- In Maryland's occupational distribution, sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products sits at 202 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products in Maryland, on $73,080, is $57,134; deflated by the state's price level, $54,955. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $82,750 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $135,160 |
| This salary | $73,080 |
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 | $57,134 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,242 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,038 |
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 | $68,663 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,331 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $73,080 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $44,170 and the ninetieth is $135,160 — 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 $57,134, worked from $73,080. 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 202 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $54,955 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 202.
- The Maryland median of $73,080 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $44,170 to $135,160. 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 $57,134, on $73,080 for work ranking 202 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 202 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,955, worked from $73,080, 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 202 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 $82,750, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $44,170 at the bottom tenth to $135,160 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $54,955 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, $57,134 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 $82,750. 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 ($44,170) and the ninetieth ($135,160) 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 $54,955 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 $57,134 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.