State salary profile · Maryland

Maryland Salaries

Maryland ranks #7 by BLS All Occupations mean; occupation detail from OEWS May 2025. Published local OEWS areas include Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV, Lexington Park, MD, Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Salisbury, MD.

$216,309
Mean of top 50 medians
728
Occupations
5
Local wage areas
152,950
Estimated jobs (top tier)

The equal-weighted mean of the top 50 published occupation medians in Maryland is $216,309.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey, The May 2025 release has a published median for 728 occupations in Maryland; percentile boundaries and local-area rows are available only where BLS publishes them. The highest-paying reported occupation, Radiologists, earns $581,510, versus $31,740 for Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other at the bottom of the range. Detail is available for 4 metro areas and 1 nonmetropolitan area. Published local OEWS areas include Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV, Lexington Park, MD, Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Salisbury, MD.

Maryland · employment ≠ wage

In Maryland, General and Operations Managers lead by published employment (96,740 jobs, #1 of 694) but rank #95 of 694 on median wage ($117,930), while Emergency Medicine Physicians top the wage list at $451,620 (#1 of 694) with 550 jobs (#438 of 694). The largest payroll is not the highest published median.

96,740
General and Operations Man... employment #1
$451,620
Emergency Medicine Physici... wage #1
#438
Employment rank of wage leader
#95
Wage rank of employment leader

Employment is OEWS tot_emp inside this state; pay is the occupation median. Same detailed-occupation pool, two rankings.

Employment of Maryland's #1 occupations by headcount vs median wage

Same unit (published jobs) for both named leaders. BLS OEWS May 2025.

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What this shows General and Operations Managers lead Maryland by employment; Emergency Medicine Physicians lead on median wage at $451,620.

Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS As of May 2025

Maryland, the picture in one line

Maryland ranks #7 of 54 states and territories by BLS-published All Occupations annual mean wage; its highest published occupation median is Radiologists at $581,510. Published local OEWS areas include Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV, Lexington Park, MD, Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Salisbury, MD.

#7
of 54 states by published mean wage
$581,510
top-paying: Radiologists
87th
percentile among all states
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
local OEWS: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD and Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

The state rank uses BLS's All Occupations mean. Occupation rows below use occupation-specific medians; the two statistics are not interchangeable. Start local checks in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD.

Employment scale inside Maryland's top-pay list

Financial Managers and Computer Occupations, All Other lead Maryland's published employment inside this top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. Financial Managers 19,770 jobs · $158,750
  2. 2. Computer Occupations, All Other 19,060 jobs · $144,680
  3. 3. Managers, All Other 17,530 jobs · $159,040
  4. 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 14,620 jobs · $171,490
  5. 5. Physicians, All Other 10,340 jobs · $212,080
  6. 6. Marketing Managers 6,510 jobs · $154,160
  7. 7. Computer Network Architects 5,860 jobs · $159,460
  8. 8. Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other 5,840 jobs · $164,670
  9. 9. Architectural and Engineering Managers 5,240 jobs · $172,670
  10. 10. Natural Sciences Managers 4,820 jobs · $168,620
  11. 11. Human Resources Managers 3,820 jobs · $152,770
  12. 12. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 3,390 jobs · $155,650
  13. 13. General Internal Medicine Physicians 3,250 jobs · $260,410
  14. 14. Chief Executives 3,180 jobs · $248,660
  15. 15. Aerospace Engineers 3,180 jobs · $156,750
  16. 16. Computer and Information Research Scientists 2,870 jobs · $145,310
  17. 17. Chemists 2,480 jobs · $140,670
  18. 18. Purchasing Managers 2,380 jobs · $161,470
  19. 19. Dentists, General 2,100 jobs · $168,500
  20. 20. Physical Scientists, All Other 1,810 jobs · $141,290

Local BLS wage areas inside Maryland

Published local OEWS areas include Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV, Lexington Park, MD, Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Salisbury, MD.

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Lexington Park, MD Maryland nonmetropolitan area Salisbury, MD

Observed statewide pay change

What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025

May 2024 → May 2025
  • BLS's published All Occupations median in Maryland moved from $58,050 in May 2024 to $59,510 in May 2025 (+2.5%).
  • Across the 54 states and territories priced in both releases, the median place changed +2.7%.
  • Maryland sits -0.2 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.

Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other shows the widest statewide vs national median gap in Maryland

Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other publishes $164,670 here versus $115,210 nationally (+42.9%; 5,840statewide jobs). Next is Teachers and Instructors, All Other at $94,070 locally versus $66,140 nationally (+42.2%).

  1. Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other$164,670 in Maryland sits 42.9% above the national Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other median of $115,210 (5,840 published local jobs).
  2. Teachers and Instructors, All Other$94,070 in Maryland sits 42.2% above the national Teachers and Instructors, All Other median of $66,140 (5,120 published local jobs).
  3. Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary$58,330 in Maryland sits 35.9% above the national Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary median of $42,910 (5,030 published local jobs).
  4. Computer Network Support Specialists$96,680 in Maryland sits 26.8% above the national Computer Network Support Specialists median of $76,220 (8,200 published local jobs).

Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Maryland; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

· Source: BLS OEWS May 2025

The Maryland OEWS table has a published median for 728 occupations. The displayed top 50 rows have summed published employment of approximately 152,950; that sum does not include the bottom table or rows whose employment is suppressed. BLS publishes means and percentile boundaries only where the corresponding estimate meets its publication standards. Averaging the medians of the top 50 highest-paying occupations gives $216,309 per year. That is only a mean of the displayed upper-tier occupation medians; it is not the BLS All Occupations mean or median and does not describe a typical worker. Published local OEWS areas include Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV, Lexington Park, MD, Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Salisbury, MD. Local OEWS areas in this extract include Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV, Lexington Park, MD, Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Salisbury, MD.

At the top of the ranking, Radiologists pays a Maryland median of $581,510, the highest-paying reported occupation in the state. The number-two spot goes to Emergency Medicine Physicians at $451,620, followed by Dermatologists at $442,210. At the bottom of the published range, Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other has a median of $31,740, making the displayed endpoint ratio 18.3×. The endpoints do not establish a cause or career stage. WageDex has BLS occupation rows for 4 metro areas and 1 nonmetropolitan area assigned to Maryland, allowing comparisons below the statewide estimate without treating nonmetropolitan areas as MSAs.

Maryland's #7 All Occupations rank is a different statistic from Radiologists's occupation median. Use the state rank for cross-state context, then open Radiologists's national profile for percentile boundaries where BLS publishes them, see methodology. Published local OEWS areas include Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV, Lexington Park, MD, Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Salisbury, MD. Local OEWS area names are state-specific; statewide means are not metro offers.

Top-Tier Sample

75

occupations shown below

Avg. Median Salary

$216,309

top 50 occupations

Top Salary

$581,510

Radiologists

Where Maryland ranks by published mean wage

BLS All Occupations annual mean vs. 54 states & territories; local OEWS includes Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD and Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV, Lexington Park, MD

$77,580 Top 13% higher than 87% of 54 states & territories

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$75,000–$80,000 (this entry) 4 states & territories 7%
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$77,580 · 87th percentile of 54 states & territories

Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · May 2025

Maryland ranks #7 of 54 by BLS-published All Occupations annual mean wage ($77,580). It is not the median wage or a prediction for a particular worker.

National-price-equivalent mean: dividing the $77,580 BLS All Occupations mean by the BEA state RPP gives $73,886. Inputs: BEA Regional Price Parity for Maryland (RPP 105.0, 2024; 100 = national average, all items, table SARPP). The division is a WageDex calculation, not an after-tax or household-income measure.

Highest-paying occupations in Maryland

Median annual wage by occupation, top 15 reported roles

median / yr
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS As of May 2025

BLS publishes wage data for 728 distinct occupations in Maryland. The table below shows the top 50 by median annual wage. Drill into the full top-100 ranking or the fastest-growing list for deeper coverage.

Highest Paying Jobs in Maryland

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# Occupation Median Salary
1 Radiologists $581,510
2 Emergency Medicine Physicians $451,620
3 Dermatologists $442,210
4 Anesthesiologists $418,010
5 Orthodontists $361,030
6 Cardiologists $337,230
7 Surgeons, All Other $328,700
8 Obstetricians and Gynecologists $306,310
9 Psychiatrists $305,320
10 Neurologists $302,840
11 Family Medicine Physicians $285,730
12 General Internal Medicine Physicians $260,410
13 Physicians, Pathologists $253,670
14 Chief Executives $248,660
15 Nurse Anesthetists $223,140
16 Physicians, All Other $212,080
17 Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric $211,770
18 Dentists, All Other Specialists $207,450
19 Podiatrists $201,940
20 Pediatricians, General $181,640
21 Physicists $174,390
22 Architectural and Engineering Managers $172,670
23 Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates $172,190
24 Computer and Information Systems Managers $171,490
25 Natural Sciences Managers $168,620
26 Dentists, General $168,500
27 Optometrists $165,840
28 Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other $164,670
29 Veterinarians $163,170
30 Purchasing Managers $161,470
31 Computer Network Architects $159,460
32 Managers, All Other $159,040
33 Financial Managers $158,750
34 Nuclear Engineers $157,960
35 Aerospace Engineers $156,750
36 Electronics Engineers, Except Computer $155,650
37 Marketing Managers $154,160
38 Sales Engineers $153,410
39 Political Scientists $153,380
40 Human Resources Managers $152,770
41 Computer Hardware Engineers $152,730
42 Public Relations Managers $149,380
43 Medical Dosimetrists $147,470
44 Computer and Information Research Scientists $145,310
45 Computer Occupations, All Other $144,680
46 Economists $144,680
47 Hydrologists $143,010
48 Physical Scientists, All Other $141,290
49 Chemists $140,670
50 Materials Engineers $140,640

Lowest Paying Jobs in Maryland

Occupation Median Salary
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other $31,740
Gambling Dealers $31,740
Cooks, All Other $32,150
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers $32,950
Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Other $33,190
Occupational Therapy Aides $33,310
Cooks, Fast Food $33,320
Passenger Attendants $33,350
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders $33,540
Fast Food and Counter Workers $33,660
Dietetic Technicians $33,710
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers $34,020
Dishwashers $34,030
Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers $34,290
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials $34,390
Cashiers $34,390
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers $34,520
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers $34,710
Physical Therapist Aides $34,780
Helpers--Roofers $34,830
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop $34,860
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders $34,890
Shampooers $34,900
Pharmacy Aides $35,170
Parking Attendants $35,210

Fastest Growing Jobs

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See national growth projections alongside the published OEWS state employment estimates for each occupation in Maryland. Based on BLS employment projections 2024-2034.

Metro and Nonmetropolitan Wage Areas in Maryland

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Lexington Park, MD Maryland nonmetropolitan area Salisbury, MD

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Two BLS OEWS peer sets outside Maryland. Local metro cards below stay inside this state; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on published All Occupations mean wage ($77,580 here) and reported employment (2,763,030 jobs here).

Similar mean wage

Nearest other states by BLS All Occupations annual mean wage.

Similar employment scale

Nearest headcount peers (floor 250,000 All Occupations jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.

Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS All Occupations mean annual wage and reported employment. Employment peers exclude states already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct.

Local OEWS areas and related Maryland pages

Published local OEWS areas include Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV, Lexington Park, MD, Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Salisbury, MD.

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

Local OEWS wage area

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

Local OEWS wage area

Lexington Park, MD

Local OEWS wage area

Maryland nonmetropolitan area

Local OEWS wage area

Salisbury, MD

Local OEWS wage area

Highest Paying in Maryland

Top 100 by median salary

Fastest Growing in Maryland

Projected 2024-2034 growth

Radiologists

National occupation profile

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average of the top 50 occupation medians in Maryland? ▼
The equal-weighted mean of the top 50 published occupation medians is $216,309/year (BLS OEWS May 2025). It is not the statewide mean or median and does not describe the wage of a typical worker.
What is the average salary in Maryland? ▼
BLS publishes an All Occupations annual mean wage of $77,580/year for Maryland in the May 2025 OEWS release, which ranks 7th among the 54 states and territories with a published mean. Published local OEWS areas include Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV, Lexington Park, MD, Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Salisbury, MD. This is an occupational wage estimate, not a household-income statistic or a prediction for one worker.
What is the highest paying job in Maryland? ▼
The highest paying occupation in Maryland is Radiologists with a median salary of $581,510/year according to BLS data. The second highest is Emergency Medicine Physicians at $451,620/year.
What jobs pay the least in Maryland? ▼
The lowest published occupation median in this Maryland ranking is Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other at $31,740/year. The table does not classify that occupation as entry-level or explain why its median is lowest.
How many local BLS wage areas are shown for Maryland? ▼
WageDex has occupation-level wage rows for 4 metro areas and 1 nonmetropolitan area assigned to Maryland. Published local OEWS areas include Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV, Lexington Park, MD, Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Salisbury, MD. Nonmetropolitan reporting areas are not MSAs. Compare the same occupation and statistic across areas; published coverage can differ by occupation and geography.
How many occupations are shown for Maryland? ▼
BLS publishes wage data for 728 distinct occupations in Maryland. The 50 occupations in the displayed upper tier have a combined OEWS employment estimate of approximately 152,950 jobs in covered establishments.

Federal sources behind Maryland wages

BLS OEWS state wage tables → BLS QCEW state series → BLS LAUS unemployment → BEA personal income by state →

What to do with this data

How to use Maryland wage data in a real decision

  • Maryland ranks #7 of 54 by All Occupations mean; that state rank is not interchangeable with Radiologists's occupation median of $581,510. Compare states
  • Inside Maryland, re-check Radiologists in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV, Lexington Park, MD, Maryland nonmetropolitan area or Salisbury, MD before treating the statewide median as a metro offer. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Open Radiologists for percentile bands and local-area rows; Maryland's statewide median of $581,510 uses a different geography than any single metro estimate. Radiologists
  • The published Maryland range runs from Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other at $31,740 to Radiologists at $581,510; an offer still depends on the exact role and employer. Salary calculator

BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period and exclude self-employed workers; some small occupation-area cells are suppressed.

Last updated: May 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

State-level employment totals and local-area breakouts from BLS OEWS State and Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, May 2025. Local areas can be metropolitan or nonmetropolitan.

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