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By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 07/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.
Among the 80 largest places in Maryland, Germantown has the highest average pay in its county ($94,473), followed by Silver Spring and Gaithersburg. Click any column to sort; click a city for its guide.
Across the 80 places in Maryland that we cover, the median is $73,373 and the average $77,837; the figure runs from $94,473 (Germantown) to $51,777 (Cumberland). That is a spread of 1.8 times between the two ends.
The first five are Germantown, Silver Spring, Gaithersburg, Bethesda, Rockville. A high or low position is not good or bad on its own: read it together with the other measures on the city pages. Use the Compare tab on each city page to see how two places differ across income, rent, commute and education, and check the county page for the local job market.
| # ⇅ | City ⇅ | County ⇅ | County average annual pay ⇅ | Population ⇅ | Median household income ⇅ | Median rent ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germantown (unincorporated) | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 90,719 | $117,546 | $2,040 |
| 2 | Silver Spring (unincorporated) | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 81,462 | $99,860 | $1,913 |
| 3 | Gaithersburg | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 69,825 | $112,467 | $2,058 |
| 4 | Bethesda (unincorporated) | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 69,397 | $192,237 | $2,469 |
| 5 | Rockville | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 67,671 | $128,649 | $2,274 |
| 6 | Aspen Hill (unincorporated) | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 53,279 | $111,575 | $1,916 |
| 7 | Wheaton (unincorporated) | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 52,926 | $111,478 | $2,163 |
| 8 | North Bethesda (unincorporated) | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 49,677 | $129,092 | $2,191 |
| 9 | Potomac (unincorporated) | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 45,902 | $236,675 | $2,887 |
| 10 | Olney (unincorporated) | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 35,797 | $171,458 | $2,404 |
| 11 | Montgomery Village (unincorporated) | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 34,110 | $95,348 | $1,916 |
| 12 | Clarksburg (unincorporated) | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 30,487 | $176,678 | $2,495 |
| 13 | Fairland (unincorporated) | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 26,231 | $98,800 | $1,894 |
| 14 | North Potomac (unincorporated) | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 23,922 | $186,514 | $2,413 |
| 15 | Redland (unincorporated) | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 18,665 | $132,153 | $2,221 |
| 16 | Damascus (unincorporated) | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 17,640 | $158,883 | $1,792 |
| 17 | Takoma Park | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 17,632 | $108,136 | $1,432 |
| 18 | Calverton (unincorporated) | Montgomery County | $94,473 | 17,624 | $107,381 | $2,164 |
| 19 | Columbia (unincorporated) | Howard County | $86,951 | 104,338 | $131,490 | $2,042 |
| 20 | Ellicott City (unincorporated) | Howard County | $86,951 | 75,257 | $156,964 | $2,061 |
| 21 | Ilchester (unincorporated) | Howard County | $86,951 | 28,364 | $152,103 | $2,115 |
| 22 | Elkridge (unincorporated) | Howard County | $86,951 | 26,283 | $139,913 | $2,295 |
| 23 | North Laurel (unincorporated) | Howard County | $86,951 | 25,563 | $122,949 | $2,031 |
| 24 | Baltimore | Baltimore | $82,818 | 573,243 | $62,177 | $1,331 |
| 25 | Glen Burnie (unincorporated) | Anne Arundel County | $79,546 | 72,590 | $88,280 | $1,648 |
| 26 | Severn (unincorporated) | Anne Arundel County | $79,546 | 58,402 | $134,423 | $2,175 |
| 27 | Odenton (unincorporated) | Anne Arundel County | $79,546 | 45,002 | $128,441 | $2,257 |
| 28 | Annapolis | Anne Arundel County | $79,546 | 40,720 | $113,860 | $1,860 |
| 29 | Severna Park (unincorporated) | Anne Arundel County | $79,546 | 40,228 | $169,953 | $1,699 |
| 30 | Pasadena (unincorporated) | Anne Arundel County | $79,546 | 34,309 | $129,727 | $2,393 |
| 31 | Crofton (unincorporated) | Anne Arundel County | $79,546 | 29,549 | $150,577 | $2,217 |
| 32 | Arnold (unincorporated) | Anne Arundel County | $79,546 | 24,303 | $141,639 | $2,158 |
| 33 | Maryland City (unincorporated) | Anne Arundel County | $79,546 | 19,186 | $117,337 | $2,421 |
| 34 | Lake Shore (unincorporated) | Anne Arundel County | $79,546 | 18,249 | $130,689 | $1,806 |
| 35 | Bowie | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 57,926 | $141,995 | $2,330 |
| 36 | Clinton (unincorporated) | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 38,376 | $124,803 | $1,809 |
| 37 | Chillum (unincorporated) | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 34,871 | $79,864 | $1,735 |
| 38 | College Park | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 34,540 | $69,721 | $1,912 |
| 39 | Laurel | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 29,798 | $100,504 | $1,873 |
| 40 | South Laurel (unincorporated) | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 29,272 | $88,933 | $1,830 |
| 41 | Fort Washington (unincorporated) | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 25,134 | $143,333 | $2,690 |
| 42 | Greenbelt | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 24,678 | $85,997 | $1,848 |
| 43 | Landover (unincorporated) | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 24,514 | $72,100 | $1,735 |
| 44 | Suitland (unincorporated) | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 23,793 | $71,585 | $1,707 |
| 45 | Camp Springs (unincorporated) | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 22,544 | $120,456 | $2,231 |
| 46 | Langley Park (unincorporated) | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 21,508 | $85,321 | $1,707 |
| 47 | Hyattsville | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 20,966 | $91,941 | $1,835 |
| 48 | Beltsville (unincorporated) | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 19,176 | $99,642 | $1,963 |
| 49 | East Riverdale (unincorporated) | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 18,336 | $81,831 | $1,716 |
| 50 | Seabrook (unincorporated) | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 18,317 | $98,157 | $1,840 |
| 51 | Oxon Hill (unincorporated) | Prince George's County | $73,373 | 17,893 | $93,252 | $1,721 |
| 52 | Dundalk (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 65,969 | $64,520 | $1,473 |
| 53 | Towson (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 58,679 | $101,320 | $1,764 |
| 54 | Catonsville (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 43,368 | $114,109 | $1,724 |
| 55 | Essex (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 40,580 | $67,168 | $1,319 |
| 56 | Woodlawn (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 40,379 | $82,466 | $1,494 |
| 57 | Owings Mills (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 37,245 | $96,243 | $1,841 |
| 58 | Randallstown (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 35,957 | $85,735 | $1,577 |
| 59 | Pikesville (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 33,524 | $98,465 | $1,707 |
| 60 | Middle River (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 31,712 | $78,398 | $1,636 |
| 61 | Milford Mill (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 30,829 | $69,711 | $1,653 |
| 62 | Parkville (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 30,549 | $79,178 | $1,526 |
| 63 | Perry Hall (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 29,105 | $106,244 | $1,706 |
| 64 | Carney (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 28,343 | $83,620 | $1,793 |
| 65 | Lochearn (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 27,074 | $74,707 | $1,460 |
| 66 | Reisterstown (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 25,582 | $85,543 | $1,600 |
| 67 | Cockeysville (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 23,962 | $77,680 | $1,603 |
| 68 | Arbutus (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 22,507 | $99,090 | $1,318 |
| 69 | Rosedale (unincorporated) | Baltimore County | $71,051 | 20,002 | $85,711 | $1,378 |
| 70 | Frederick | Frederick County | $69,852 | 83,395 | $97,069 | $1,764 |
| 71 | Ballenger Creek (unincorporated) | Frederick County | $69,852 | 26,390 | $108,944 | $1,987 |
| 72 | Bel Air South (unincorporated) | Harford County | $68,533 | 58,137 | $123,653 | $1,757 |
| 73 | Bel Air North (unincorporated) | Harford County | $68,533 | 31,302 | $137,336 | $1,624 |
| 74 | Edgewood (unincorporated) | Harford County | $68,533 | 24,922 | $80,772 | $1,375 |
| 75 | Waldorf (unincorporated) | Charles County | $60,436 | 82,943 | $116,089 | $1,995 |
| 76 | Hagerstown | Washington County | $58,252 | 43,665 | $52,221 | $1,114 |
| 77 | Eldersburg (unincorporated) | Carroll County | $57,405 | 31,695 | $142,954 | $1,705 |
| 78 | Westminster | Carroll County | $57,405 | 20,445 | $86,219 | $1,476 |
| 79 | Salisbury | Wicomico County | $56,568 | 33,285 | $58,576 | $1,318 |
| 80 | Cumberland | Allegany County | $51,777 | 18,804 | $48,162 | $741 |
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Unincorporated places are census-designated places: they have no city government but are counted as communities. County figures describe the whole county where the city lies.
Germantown, with $94,473 (among the 80 largest places; ACS 2020–2024).
The 80 largest places in Maryland by population.