Maryland

Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates 2020

Maryland Statewide
All-industry
Establishments reporting30
Estimated employment530
Employment RSE7.78
Mean wage$45.28
Mean RSE2.03
Entry wage$26.80
Experienced wage$54.52
10th percentile wage$25.51
50th percentile wage$42.08
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers (19-2042)
Study the composition, structure, and other physical aspects of the Earth. May use geological, physics, and mathematics knowledge in exploration for oil, gas, minerals, or underground water; or in waste disposal, land reclamation, or other environmental problems. May study the Earth's internal composition, atmospheres, oceans, and its magnetic, electrical, and gravitational forces. Includes mineralogists, crystallographers, paleontologists, stratigraphers, geodesists, and seismologists.
Median Wage History
  This Occupation   Compared to Occupational Group   Difference  
2020$42.08 $43.57  -$1.49
2019$41.23+2.1%$42.69 +2.1%-$1.45
2018$40.28+2.3%$41.71 +2.3%-$1.42
2017$39.43+2.2%$40.82 +2.2%-$1.39
2016$38.60+2.1%$39.97 +2.1%-$1.36
  This Occupation   Compared to All Occupations   Difference  
2020$42.08 $23.44  $18.64
2019$41.23+2.1%$22.77 +2.9%$18.45
2018$40.28+2.3%$22.11 +3.0%$18.17
2017$39.43+2.2%$21.48 +2.9%$17.95
2016$38.60+2.1%$20.98 +2.4%$17.63
Top Areas For This Occupation
Best Pay
  Median Wage Employ- ment
Maryland Statewide $42.08 530
Highest Employment
  Median Wage Employ- ment
Maryland Statewide $42.08 530
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Last updated April 2021