How much do Athletes and Sports Competitors make in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

Percentile spread

For Athletes and Sports Competitors, the published 10th percentile is $40,460 and the 90th percentile is $139,630. The difference is $99,170, which is 219.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $43,790 to the 75th at $99,300, covers $55,510.

The mean annual wage is $70,030, which sits above the median of $45,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD median is 32.2% lower than the national median of $66,710 for Athletes and Sports Competitors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,288, which is 35.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.2% lower than the Maryland median of $48,200.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 104.487, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,230 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Athletes and Sports Competitors at $43,288 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Athletes and Sports Competitors. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ranks 3rd of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 176 miles away, with a median of $100,130 and employment of 560. That median is 121.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $88,955, against $43,288 here.
• Pittsburgh, PA is 193 miles away, with a median of $61,160 and employment of 40. That median is 35.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,603, against $43,288 here.

Employment share

Athletes and Sports Competitors accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (50 of 1,356,680). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (15,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.38 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.