Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,675
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$8,795
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,238
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
$46,470
Kept after tax
$37,675
Worth in national money
$36,238
State rank
12
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $46,470, which ranks 12 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 7.12% above the national middle.
- Within Maryland this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 382. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $46,470 the take-home is $37,675. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $36,238 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $47,390, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maryland ranks 12 of 47 states publishing a median for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing, at $46,470 — about 7.12% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Against every occupation Maryland reports, woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing ranks 382 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 $37,675 for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing, from $46,470. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,238. ⚠️ 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 $47,390 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,320 |
| This salary | $46,470 |
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 | $37,675 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,519 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,429 |
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 | $44,175 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,357 |
| 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 woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Maryland earn under $46,470 and half over. The published range runs $36,820 at the tenth percentile to $63,320 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 $37,675, worked from $46,470. 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 382 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,238 uses one figure for the whole of Maryland. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 382.
- Figures are distribution medians for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,820 to $63,320; 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 $37,675, on $46,470 for work ranking 382 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 382 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,238, worked from $46,470, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Maryland address, on work sitting at 382 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,820 and the top tenth $63,320, so most people doing this work in Maryland sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,238 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 $37,675 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 47 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 ($36,820 to $63,320) 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 $36,238 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 $37,675 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.