Lighting Technicians · SOC 27-4015

Lighting Technicians Salary in the Baltimore Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro area

Figures describe the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Baltimore city limits.

Median annual wage$50,030
Median hourly wage$24.05

Lighting Technicians in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro area earned a median of $50,030 per year ($24.05 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,030 at the 10th percentile to $100,990 at the 90th. BLS estimates 90 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Lighting Technicians in the Baltimore metro area earn more than $50,030 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $41,640 and $81,500.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$39,030$41,640$50,030$81,500$100,990
Hourly$18.77$20.02$24.05$39.18$48.55

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Baltimore metro areathis metro area
    $50,030 median for Baltimore metro area; middle half earns $41,640 to $81,500
  • Marylandstate (MD)
    $49,080 median for Maryland; middle half earns $42,660 to $71,220
  • $68,060 median for United States; middle half earns $52,770 to $95,640

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +2% vs Maryland overall and −26% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$38,400$67,637$96,873$126,110San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $38,400Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $49,740Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $50,030Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $54,460Richmond, VA — $55,220Columbus, OH — $55,740Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $56,880Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $58,280Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $58,510Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $58,610Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $60,110Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $60,250Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $60,950San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $61,040Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $61,250Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $62,790Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $63,090Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $64,330Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $65,590Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $67,080Oklahoma City, OK — $67,110Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $70,150San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $70,970Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $72,790San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $74,000Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $79,380New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $87,510Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $105,010Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $126,110

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Baltimore metro area has the 27th-highest published median for this occupation among the 29 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.