Maryland · BLS May 2025
Also called systems analyst. SOC 15-1211.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 15,340 computer systems analysts working in Maryland. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal, state and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.
Median pay · Maryland
$113,610A year, or $54.62 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid | $69,610 | $33.46 |
| 25th percentile | $87,360 | $42.00 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $113,610 | $54.62 |
| 75th percentile | $147,460 | $70.89 |
| 90th percentileMost experienced and senior | $171,400 | $82.40 |
| MeanThe average, pulled up by the top | $120,980 | $58.17 |
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A $113,610 salary in Maryland, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.
Prices in Maryland sit at 105 against a national average of 100, so $113,610 earned here buys what $108,242 buys at national average prices.
Common questions
The median wage for computer systems analysts in Maryland is $113,610 a year, or $54.62 an hour.
Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.
On the median wage of $113,610, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $83,624 a year, or roughly $6,969 a month.
That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 26.4%.
Maryland takes $5,131 of it in state income tax.
Yes. The median in Maryland is 7.3% above the national median of $105,850.
Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Maryland sit at 105 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.
It is 1.1 times the median household income of $103,678. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.
Prices in Maryland run at 105 against a national average of 100, with rents at 121.1, so $113,610 here buys about what $108,242 buys at national average prices.
The top tenth earn $171,400 a year or more, against $69,610 at the bottom tenth.
Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Maryland someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.
The survey counted 15,340 of these jobs in Maryland for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 66% more concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.
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