Statisticians in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$95,782
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$36,838
27.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$92,129
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
$132,620
Kept after tax
$95,782
Worth in national money
$92,129
State rank
4
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for statisticians is strong here. Maryland's middle earner gets $132,620, putting the state 4 of 45 — about 25.53% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Maryland reports, statisticians comes in at 32 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $132,620 the take-home is $95,782. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $92,129 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $133,370, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For statisticians, Maryland sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $132,620, ranking 4 of 45 and running about 25.53% 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.
- Statisticians ranks 32 of 489 occupations by median in Maryland, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Maryland income tax is $95,782 for statisticians, from $132,620. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $92,129. ⚠️ 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 $133,370 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Statisticians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $132,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $170,980 |
| This salary | $132,620 |
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 | $95,782 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $101,912 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,745 |
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 | $123,652 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,913 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $132,620 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $84,640 and the ninetieth is $170,980 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $95,782 take-home in Maryland comes from $132,620. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 32 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $92,129, the adjusted value of that $132,620 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 32 of 489 in the state.
- The Maryland median of $132,620 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $84,640 to $170,980. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $95,782, from $132,620, assumes a single Maryland filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 32 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $92,129 — the adjusted value of that $132,620 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 32 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $84,640 at the bottom tenth to $170,980 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $92,129 of national purchasing power.
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 $95,782 of this wage survives to your account.
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 45 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 ($84,640 to $170,980) 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 $92,129 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 $95,782 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.