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Network and Computer Systems Administrators pay in Maryland and West Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Network and Computer Systems Administrators is $118,290 per year in Maryland. It is $74,490 per year in West Virginia. Maryland is 58.8% above West Virginia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 15-1244 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 9,230 wage and salary jobs in Maryland and 1,510 in West Virginia. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings