Highest Paying Jobs in Maryland

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Salary

$581,510

Radiologists

Top 25 Average

$279,225

median salary

$100K+ Jobs

100

occupations

Occupations

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This ranking surfaces the 100 highest-paying occupations in Maryland by BLS OEWS state median salary, drawn from the May 2025 release. At the top, Radiologists pays a state median of $581,510, +38% above the national median of $420,860 for the same role. Of the 100 tracked positions, 100 pay above $100,000 per year in Maryland - a useful threshold for separating specialist professional roles from mid-tier employment. The top-10 average sits at $383,478, giving a sense of what elite specialists inside this state actually clear.

The "Difference" column compares each state median to the corresponding national median for the same SOC code, making pay premiums and discounts immediately visible. In this list, 77 of 100 occupations pay above the national median in Maryland, which usually signals one of three things: a local concentration of specialized employers (finance hubs, tech clusters, research universities, federal agencies), a cost-of-living adjustment baked into state-wide wage scales, or scarce in-state talent supply bidding up competitive roles. Occupations paying below the national median are not necessarily bad news, they often reflect lower cost of living in the state or industries where Maryland is not a concentrated employer.

Rankings like this show ceiling-potential by specialty, but they don't tell you the odds of landing one of those roles. Pair this table with the employment column (how many workers the state actually employs in each occupation) and the growth projections on each occupation's national page to see whether the field is expanding or contracting. BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime, especially distorting for top-paying roles where equity and performance compensation can represent 30-50% of total pay. Use this leaderboard to shortlist careers worth exploring in Maryland, then drill into each row's linked profile to check percentile spread, typical education, metro-level variation, and whether projected openings match your timeline.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Employment
1	Radiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$581,510	$420,860	+38% above	N/A
2	Emergency Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$451,620	$335,550	+35% above	550
3	Dermatologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$442,210	$328,730	+35% above	120
4	Anesthesiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$418,010	$391,490	+7% above	N/A
5	Orthodontists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$361,030	$289,140	+25% above	N/A
6	Cardiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$337,230	$496,010	32% below	N/A
7	Surgeons, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$328,700	$414,010	21% below	520
8	Obstetricians and Gynecologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$306,310	$292,910	+5% above	160
9	Psychiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$305,320	$281,870	+8% above	460
10	Neurologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$302,840	$248,560	+22% above	N/A
11	Family Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$285,730	$244,180	+17% above	1,050
12	General Internal Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$260,410	$256,560	+2% above	3,250
13	Physicians, Pathologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$253,670	$312,400	19% below	70
14	Chief Executives Management Occupations	$248,660	$213,990	+16% above	3,180
15	Nurse Anesthetists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$223,140	$236,590	6% below	840
16	Physicians, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$212,080	$265,930	20% below	10,340
17	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$211,770	$300,080	29% below	260
18	Dentists, All Other Specialists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$207,450	$224,990	8% below	N/A
19	Podiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$201,940	$160,300	+26% above	330
20	Pediatricians, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$181,640	$210,040	14% below	580
21	Physicists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$174,390	$172,250	+1% above	1,200
22	Architectural and Engineering Managers Management Occupations	$172,670	$171,270	+1% above	5,240
23	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Legal Occupations	$172,190	$153,990	+12% above	170
24	Computer and Information Systems Managers Management Occupations	$171,490	$175,140	2% below	14,620
25	Natural Sciences Managers Management Occupations	$168,620	$167,220	+1% above	4,820
26	Dentists, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$168,500	$170,950	1% below	2,100
27	Optometrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$165,840	$136,570	+21% above	780
28	Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$164,670	$115,210	+43% above	5,840
29	Veterinarians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$163,170	$130,100	+25% above	1,430
30	Purchasing Managers Management Occupations	$161,470	$148,080	+9% above	2,380
31	Computer Network Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$159,460	$134,050	+19% above	5,860
32	Managers, All Other Management Occupations	$159,040	$141,900	+12% above	17,530
33	Financial Managers Management Occupations	$158,750	$166,570	5% below	19,770
34	Nuclear Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$157,960	$133,970	+18% above	180
35	Aerospace Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$156,750	$134,960	+16% above	3,180
36	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$155,650	$130,220	+20% above	3,390
37	Marketing Managers Management Occupations	$154,160	$166,790	8% below	6,510
38	Sales Engineers Sales and Related Occupations	$153,410	$124,900	+23% above	850
39	Political Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$153,380	$142,080	+8% above	100
40	Human Resources Managers Management Occupations	$152,770	$149,280	+2% above	3,820
41	Computer Hardware Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$152,730	$161,740	6% below	1,720
42	Public Relations Managers Management Occupations	$149,380	$146,910	+2% above	1,530
43	Medical Dosimetrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$147,470	$147,470	same as	40
44	Computer and Information Research Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$145,310	$140,300	+4% above	2,870
45	Computer Occupations, All Other Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$144,680	$116,580	+24% above	19,060
46	Economists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$144,680	$124,720	+16% above	1,130
47	Hydrologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$143,010	$96,600	+48% above	90
48	Physical Scientists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$141,290	$122,570	+15% above	1,810
49	Chemists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$140,670	$91,240	+54% above	2,480
50	Materials Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$140,640	$112,860	+25% above	740
51	Nurse Midwives Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$140,120	$134,040	+5% above	240
52	Law Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$139,980	$128,500	+9% above	180
53	Compensation and Benefits Managers Management Occupations	$139,860	$149,230	6% below	430
54	Information Security Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$139,640	$129,180	+8% above	8,650
55	Lawyers Legal Occupations	$139,110	$159,670	13% below	13,810
56	Pharmacists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$138,990	$140,910	1% below	5,400
57	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$138,950	$92,460	+50% above	450
58	Software Developers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$138,680	$135,980	+2% above	31,350
59	Physician Assistants Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$137,560	$135,880	+1% above	2,950
60	Sales Managers Management Occupations	$137,150	$148,270	7% below	N/A
61	Data Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$136,370	$120,230	+13% above	3,340
62	Economics Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$133,540	$123,920	+8% above	200
63	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers Legal Occupations	$133,460	$117,860	+13% above	430
64	Database Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$132,940	$139,500	5% below	1,370
65	Statisticians Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$132,620	$105,650	+26% above	2,730
66	Astronomers Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$132,620	$128,820	+3% above	980
67	Industrial Production Managers Management Occupations	$132,540	$126,060	+5% above	2,480
68	Medical and Health Services Managers Management Occupations	$131,810	$123,860	+6% above	17,030
69	Mathematicians Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$131,810	$126,710	+4% above	160
70	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$131,810	$101,110	+30% above	2,600
71	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Management Occupations	$131,510	$105,870	+24% above	7,200
72	Air Traffic Controllers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$131,290	$148,080	11% below	70
73	Commercial Pilots Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$131,210	$123,220	+6% above	360
74	Nurse Practitioners Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$131,110	$132,300	1% below	6,710
75	Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$131,060	$94,980	+38% above	220
76	Fundraising Managers Management Occupations	$130,750	$125,470	+4% above	810
77	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$130,150	$112,230	+16% above	300
78	Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$129,920	$98,700	+32% above	90
79	Engineers, All Other Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$129,770	$122,930	+6% above	7,340
80	Atmospheric and Space Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$128,800	$99,070	+30% above	750
81	Artists and Related Workers, All Other Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	$128,610	$71,240	+81% above	470
82	Construction Managers Management Occupations	$128,330	$114,990	+12% above	5,770
83	Chemical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$127,190	$125,040	+2% above	500
84	Actuaries Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$126,950	$130,000	2% below	580
85	Detectives and Criminal Investigators Protective Service Occupations	$126,730	$93,790	+35% above	1,010
86	Business Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$126,560	$99,080	+28% above	2,280
87	Computer Programmers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$125,570	$100,390	+25% above	2,490
88	Education Administrators, All Other Management Occupations	$125,500	$95,200	+32% above	2,770
89	Electrical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$125,150	$120,630	+4% above	4,650
90	Database Administrators Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$124,300	$104,620	+19% above	2,300
91	Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$123,170	$80,340	+53% above	90
92	Mechanical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$122,870	$104,110	+18% above	6,550
93	Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers Construction and Extraction Occupations	$122,260	$109,910	+11% above	810
94	Training and Development Managers Management Occupations	$121,920	$133,000	8% below	1,250
95	Management Analysts Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$121,680	$101,860	+19% above	19,170
96	Biological Scientists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$121,680	$98,920	+23% above	4,970
97	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Protective Service Occupations	$120,700	$106,040	+14% above	6,700
98	Historians Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$120,580	$76,750	+57% above	50
99	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Protective Service Occupations	$120,530	$93,530	+29% above	2,380
100	Industrial Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$119,930	$102,440	+17% above	3,900

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in Maryland. The "Difference" column shows how Maryland pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

Every figure on WageDex is rendered directly from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, no number is typed in by an editor. These figures are computed directly from BLS OEWS state-level wage data. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2025.

Compiled by WageDex Editorial, Occupational Wages Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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