Tile and Stone Setters in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,070
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$8,600
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,656
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
$45,670
Kept after tax
$37,070
Worth in national money
$35,656
State rank
37
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tile and stone setters is on the low side in Maryland. The middle earner gets $45,670. That is 37 of 47 states, and about 17.99% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 489 occupations Maryland publishes, tile and stone setters lands at 389. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $45,670 the take-home is $37,070. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $35,656 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $49,330, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For tile and stone setters, Maryland sits in the lower band at $45,670, ranking 37 of 47 and trailing the national median by about 17.99%. 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 389 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 $37,070 for tile and stone setters, from $45,670. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $35,656. ⚠️ 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 $49,330 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Tile and Stone Setters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,200 |
| This salary | $45,670 |
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 | $37,070 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,876 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,350 |
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 | $43,423 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,260 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,670 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,280 and the ninetieth is $75,200 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,070 take-home in Maryland comes from $45,670. 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 389 of 489.
- Two cautions on $35,656, the adjusted value of that $45,670 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Maryland. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 389 of 489 locally.
- The Maryland median of $45,670 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,280 to $75,200. 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 $37,070, from $45,670, 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 389 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 47 for it.
- This $35,656 adjusted figure, worked from $45,670, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 389 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 389 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $49,330 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $33,280 and the top tenth $75,200 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Maryland run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $35,656 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $37,070.
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 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $49,330. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($33,280) and the ninetieth ($75,200) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $35,656 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 $37,070 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.