Stockers and Order Fillers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,037
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$6,653
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,854
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
$37,690
Kept after tax
$31,037
Worth in national money
$29,854
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maryland pays stockers and order fillers a middle wage of $37,690, ranking 12 of 51 states and sitting about 0.96% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Maryland, this one sits low: 445 of 489 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $37,690, tax leaves $31,037 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $29,854 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $40,320, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maryland's median for stockers and order fillers is $37,690, about 0.96% above the national figure and 12 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Stockers and order fillers occupies position 445 of 489 in Maryland's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $31,037 remains from the Maryland median of $37,690 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $29,854 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $40,320 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Stockers and Order Fillers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,910 |
| This salary | $37,690 |
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 | $31,037 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,464 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,554 |
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 | $35,914 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,298 |
| 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 stockers and order fillers in Maryland earn under $37,690 and half over. The published range runs $31,770 at the tenth percentile to $48,910 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 $31,037, worked from $37,690. 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 445 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $29,854, the adjusted value of that $37,690 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 445 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for stockers and order fillers in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,770 to $48,910; 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 $31,037, on $37,690 for work ranking 445 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 445 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $29,854 — the adjusted value of that $37,690 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 445 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $40,320, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,770 at the bottom tenth to $48,910 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 $29,854 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 $31,037.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $40,320. 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 ($31,770 to $48,910) 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 $29,854 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 $31,037 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.