Slaughterers and Meat Packers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,007
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$6,643
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,824
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
$37,650
Kept after tax
$31,007
Worth in national money
$29,824
State rank
32
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for slaughterers and meat packers is on the low side in Maryland. The middle earner gets $37,650. That is 32 of 47 states, and about 6.18% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 489 occupations Maryland publishes, slaughterers and meat packers lands at 446. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $37,650 the take-home is $31,007. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $29,824 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $40,880, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For slaughterers and meat packers, Maryland sits in the lower band at $37,650, ranking 32 of 47 and trailing the national median by about 6.18%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Maryland, this work ranks 446 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Maryland income tax is $31,007 for slaughterers and meat packers, from $37,650. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $29,824. ⚠️ 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 $40,880 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Slaughterers and Meat Packers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,070 |
| This salary | $37,650 |
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 | $31,007 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,432 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,550 |
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 | $35,877 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,294 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $37,650 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,200 and the ninetieth is $51,070 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $31,007, from $37,650, 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 446 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 $29,824, the adjusted value of that $37,650 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 446 of 489 in the state.
- The Maryland median of $37,650 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,200 to $51,070. 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 $31,007 from $37,650. 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 446 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $29,824 — the adjusted value of that $37,650 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 446 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 $40,880, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,200 and the top tenth $51,070, so most people doing this work in Maryland sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $29,824 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, $31,007 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $40,880. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,200 to $51,070) 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 $29,824 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 $31,007 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.