Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,448
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$8,722
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,020
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
$46,170
Kept after tax
$37,448
Worth in national money
$36,020
State rank
25
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maryland is 25 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $46,170. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Maryland this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 385. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $46,170 the take-home is $37,448. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $36,020 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $48,500, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maryland ranks 25 of 49 for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping at $46,170. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Maryland reports, weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping ranks 385 of 489, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Maryland income tax is $37,448 for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping, from $46,170. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,020. ⚠️ 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 $48,500 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,880 |
| This salary | $46,170 |
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 | $37,448 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,278 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,399 |
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 | $43,893 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,321 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Maryland earn less than $46,170. The published range is $37,070 up to $61,880, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maryland's $37,448, worked from $46,170. 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 385 of 489.
- Two cautions on $36,020, the adjusted value of that $46,170 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 385 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,070 to $61,880. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Maryland take-home of $37,448, on $46,170 for work ranking 385 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 385 of 489 in the state.
- This $36,020 adjusted figure, worked from $46,170, 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 385 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 385 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 $48,500 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,070 and the top tenth $61,880, so most people doing this work in Maryland sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,020 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $37,448 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 $48,500. 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 ($37,070 to $61,880) 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 $36,020 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 $37,448 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.