Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,159
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$12,501
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,284
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
$61,660
Kept after tax
$49,159
Worth in national money
$47,284
State rank
35
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $61,660, ranking 35 of 48 states — about 21.61% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Maryland, this sits in the middle: 254 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $61,660 the take-home is $49,159; in national-average money that behaves like $47,284. The average comes to $82,610, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maryland ranks 35 of 48 for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents, with a median of $61,660 — about 21.61% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents ranks 254 of 489 occupations in Maryland by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Take-home for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents in Maryland, on $61,660, is $49,159; deflated by the state's price level, $47,284. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $82,610 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,200 |
| This salary | $61,660 |
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 | $49,159 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,724 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,944 |
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 | $58,467 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,188 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Maryland earn less than $61,660. The published range is $50,300 up to $133,200, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $49,159, from $61,660, 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 254 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 $47,284, the adjusted value of that $61,660 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 254 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,300 to $133,200. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Maryland is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $49,159 from $61,660. 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 254 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $47,284 — the adjusted value of that $61,660 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 254 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 $82,610 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $50,300 and the top tenth $133,200 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $47,284 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Maryland adds its own income tax on top — which is why $49,159 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $82,610. 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 ($50,300) and the ninetieth ($133,200) 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 $47,284 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 $49,159 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.