SOC 19-4044 · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations · May 2025

How much do Hydrologic Technicians make in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hydrologic Technicians in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is $62,450. The 10th percentile is $46,130 and the 90th percentile is $98,700. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$62,450

10th percentile
$46,130
25th percentile
$49,580
Median
$62,450
75th percentile
$84,700
90th percentile
$98,700
Mean
$69,350

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Senior Airman Stephen Czech, a firefighter at Spangdahlem Air Base, in 2021. Photograph by Staff Sgt. Susan Roberts, U.S. Air Force. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Hydrologic Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $46,130 and the 90th percentile is $98,700. The difference is $52,570, which is 84.2% 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 $49,580 to the 75th at $84,700, covers $35,120.

The mean annual wage is $69,350, which sits above the median of $62,450. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD median is 3.6% lower than the national median of $64,790 for Hydrologic Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $59,768, which is 7.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.5% lower than the Maryland median of $67,520.

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 $62,450 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hydrologic Technicians at $59,768 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Hydrologic Technicians in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Hydrologic Technicians accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (40 of 1,356,680). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (2,840 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.61 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · Hydrologic Technicians by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Hydrologic Technicians make in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hydrologic Technicians in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is $62,450. The 10th percentile is $46,130 and the 90th percentile is $98,700. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Hydrologic Technicians?

The local median is 3.6% lower than the national median of $64,790.

What is Hydrologic Technicians pay in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 104.487, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $62,450 is $59,768. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.