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title: "Average Salary in Maryland"
description: "Mean $77,580, median $59,510 in Maryland (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/maryland"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Maryland

Mean annual wage $77,580, median $59,510 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $56,700 (rank 10 of 51 by that measure; rank 8 nominal).

| Percentile | Maryland | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $34,520 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $39,440 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $59,510 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $98,010 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $145,410 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 105.0 |
| Housing (rents) | 121.1 |
| Goods | 102.5 |
| Utilities | 110.9 |
| Other services | 101.6 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $131,490 | 260,910 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $128,440 | 139,610 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $111,220 | 53,510 |
| Legal | $108,640 | 23,710 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $103,560 | 48,980 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $98,600 | 172,320 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $95,870 | 225,410 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $71,100 | 32,380 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $66,230 | 173,070 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $61,250 | 96,580 |
| Community and Social Service | $60,590 | 52,700 |
| Construction and Extraction | $59,880 | 111,750 |
| Protective Service | $57,520 | 77,060 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $49,210 | 314,090 |
| Production | $47,810 | 66,800 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $44,950 | 213,550 |
| Healthcare Support | $41,070 | 112,650 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $40,090 | 2,970 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $38,030 | 83,400 |
| Personal Care and Service | $37,960 | 66,620 |
| Sales | $37,440 | 221,830 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $36,050 | 213,130 |

## Most common jobs

- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): 96,740 workers
- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 79,320 workers
- [Secretary and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/secretary-and-administrative-assistant): 54,890 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 52,910 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 49,910 workers
- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 49,380 workers
- [Laborer and Freight, Stock, and Material Mover, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/laborer-and-freight-stock-and-material-mover-hand): 47,710 workers
- [Janitor and Cleaner, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners](https://nuecareer.com/careers/janitor-and-cleaner): 40,390 workers
- [Business Continuity Planner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/business-continuity-planner): 39,820 workers
- [Server](https://nuecareer.com/careers/server): 38,120 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Emergency Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/emergency-medicine-physician): $451,620 median
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $285,730 median
- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): $260,410 median
- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $248,660 median
- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $223,140 median
- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $212,080 median
- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general): $181,640 median
- [Physicist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/physicist): $174,390 median
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $172,670 median
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $171,490 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Naturopathic Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/naturopathic-physician): 11.49x the national share
- [Statistician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/statistician): 5.30x the national share
- [Adapted Physical Education Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/adapted-physical-education-specialist): 5.02x the national share
- [Bioinformatics Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/bioinformatics-scientist): 5.01x the national share
- [Microbiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/microbiologist): 4.72x the national share
- [Remote Sensing Scientist and Technologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/remote-sensing-scientist-and-technologist): 4.56x the national share
- [Computer and Information Research Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-and-information-research-scientist): 4.33x the national share
- [Transportation Planner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/transportation-planner): 3.95x the national share
- [Economist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/economist): 3.56x the national share
- [Midwife](https://nuecareer.com/careers/midwife): 3.39x the national share

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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