Drywall Installer pay in Maryland

Statewide pay Government data

Drywall installers in Maryland earn a statewide median of $54,680 a year, 2% above the typical U.S. metro, ranking #24 of 49 states. About 1,470 people work in the trade statewide.

Statewide pay range

States ranked near Maryland

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Pay by city Government data

Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025 (metro-level). Real pay: BEA price parities, 2024. How we calculate

Pay outside the cities Government data

BLS also reports pay for Maryland's rural (nonmetropolitan) regions.

BLS OEWS nonmetropolitan areas, May 2025.

The job (national)

Apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Includes lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings to provide support base for plaster, fireproofing, or acoustical material.

Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 2.5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 6,600 openings a year. Typical training: moderate-term on-the-job training.

Nationally, drywall installers have 187 injuries or illnesses serious enough to miss work per 10,000 full-time workers, 2.2× the rate for all jobs (87). The most common cause is being struck by or caught in objects and equipment.

What the work is like Government data

How often drywall installers deal with each condition, from surveys of workers in the job.

Getting started usually takes some preparation (high school plus months of training).

O*NET 31.0 Work Context and Job Zones (U.S. Department of Labor), national.

Cities in Maryland

All trades in Maryland.