Sheet Metal Workers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,839
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$12,721
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,938
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
$62,560
Kept after tax
$49,839
Worth in national money
$47,938
State rank
25
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maryland pays sheet metal workers around $62,560 at the midpoint, 25 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Maryland, this sits in the middle: 246 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $62,560, tax leaves $49,839 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $47,938 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $64,410, since top earners drag the number up.
- For sheet metal workers the Maryland median is $62,560, ranking 25 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.
- Sheet metal workers ranks 246 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.
- After tax, $49,839 remains from the Maryland median of $62,560 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $47,938 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $64,410 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sheet Metal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,650 |
| This salary | $62,560 |
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 | $49,839 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,447 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,033 |
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 | $59,314 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,297 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of sheet metal workers in Maryland earn under $62,560 and half over. The published range runs $46,800 at the tenth percentile to $84,650 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maryland's $49,839, worked from $62,560. 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 246 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $47,938 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 246.
- Figures are distribution medians for sheet metal workers in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,800 to $84,650; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Maryland take-home of $49,839, on $62,560 for work ranking 246 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 246 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $47,938, worked from $62,560, 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 246 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $46,800 at the bottom tenth to $84,650 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $47,938 rather than its face figure.
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 $49,839.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,800 to $84,650) 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 $47,938 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 $49,839 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.