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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists pay in Maine and Maryland
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists is $74,490 per year in Maine. It is $107,500 per year in Maryland. Maine is 30.7% below Maryland on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-1023 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 330 wage and salary jobs in Maine and 250 in Maryland. 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