Structural Iron and Steel Workers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,249
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$15,482
21.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,103
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
$71,730
Kept after tax
$56,249
Worth in national money
$54,103
State rank
20
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maryland pays structural iron and steel workers around $71,730 at the midpoint, 20 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Structural iron and steel workers ranks 208 among 489 occupations Maryland publishes pay for.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $71,730 the take-home is $56,249; in national-average money that behaves like $54,103. The average lands at $68,310, below the middle of the range.
- For structural iron and steel workers the Maryland median is $71,730, ranking 20 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.
- Position 208 of 489 in Maryland places structural iron and steel workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Take-home for structural iron and steel workers in Maryland, on $71,730, is $56,249; deflated by the state's price level, $54,103. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $68,310 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Structural Iron and Steel Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,160 |
| This salary | $71,730 |
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 | $56,249 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,292 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,912 |
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 | $67,404 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,011 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $71,730 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,790 and the ninetieth is $82,160 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $56,249, from $71,730, 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 208 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 $54,103, the adjusted value of that $71,730 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 208 of 489 in the state.
- The Maryland median of $71,730 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,790 to $82,160. 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 $56,249 from $71,730. 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 208 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $54,103 — the adjusted value of that $71,730 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 208 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 $68,310, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,790 at the tenth percentile, $82,160 at the ninetieth.
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 $54,103 rather than its face figure.
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 $56,249 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 50 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 $68,310. 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 ($47,790 to $82,160) 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 $54,103 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 $56,249 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.