Maryland nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Maryland nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Maryland nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers publishes $87,360 here versus $105,770 nationally (-17.4%; 3,700metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $85,700 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-12.1%).
- General and Operations Managers$87,360 in Maryland nonmetropolitan area sits 17.4% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,700 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$85,700 in Maryland nonmetropolitan area sits 12.1% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,300 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$34,290 in Maryland nonmetropolitan area sits 3.2% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (3,920 published local jobs).
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,340 in Maryland nonmetropolitan area sits 2.5% below the national Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $47,540 (2,320 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Maryland nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 2400006 · Maryland nonmetropolitan area $58K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #255/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 353 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $567K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Columbia, SC
- BOOK-FULL 349 rows · May 2025
Read with Columbia, SC (+$0 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Maryland nonmetropolitan ar…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Financial Managers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Maryland nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 610 jobs · $119,600
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 520 jobs · $111,430
- 3. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 340 jobs · $128,370
- 4. Sales Managers 320 jobs · $121,800
- 5. Pharmacists 260 jobs · $137,670
- 6. Software Developers 260 jobs · $123,010
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 220 jobs · $142,540
- 8. Nurse Practitioners 210 jobs · $126,450
- 9. Physicians, All Other 170 jobs · $294,170
- 10. Industrial Production Managers 130 jobs · $123,120
- 11. Education Administrators, All Other 130 jobs · $111,550
- 12. Architectural and Engineering Managers 120 jobs · $137,160
- 13. Chief Executives 110 jobs · $198,520
- 14. Occupational Therapists 100 jobs · $107,620
- 15. Business Teachers, Postsecondary 90 jobs · $130,440
- 16. Human Resources Managers 90 jobs · $122,680
- 17. General Internal Medicine Physicians 80 jobs · $329,330
- 18. Computer Network Architects 80 jobs · $158,520
Occupations Tracked
353
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,252
employment-weighted, 349 complete rows
Top Salary
$566,590
Radiologists
Top-pay occupations in Maryland nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Financial Managers | $119,600 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $111,430 |
| 3 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $128,370 |
| 4 | Sales Managers | $121,800 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $137,670 |
| 6 | Software Developers | $123,010 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $142,540 |
| 8 | Nurse Practitioners | $126,450 |
| 9 | Physicians, All Other | $294,170 |
| 10 | Industrial Production Managers | $123,120 |
| 11 | Education Administrators, All Other | $111,550 |
| 12 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $137,160 |
| 13 | Chief Executives | $198,520 |
| 14 | Occupational Therapists | $107,620 |
| 15 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $130,440 |
| 16 | Human Resources Managers | $122,680 |
| 17 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $329,330 |
| 18 | Computer Network Architects | $158,520 |
| 19 | Dentists, General | $132,490 |
| 20 | Physician Assistants | $134,630 |
| 21 | Veterinarians | $138,360 |
| 22 | Information Security Analysts | $129,820 |
| 23 | Clinical and Counseling Psychologists | $111,220 |
| 24 | Database Administrators | $120,280 |
| 25 | Radiologists | $566,590 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Maryland nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Sales and Related Workers, All Other | $31,200 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $31,200 |
| Sewing Machine Operators | $31,360 |
| Dishwashers | $31,840 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $31,960 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $32,140 |
| Cooks, All Other | $32,150 |
| Tour and Travel Guides | $32,260 |
| School Bus Monitors | $32,330 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | $32,470 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in MD
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside MD. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($58,252 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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