Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,866
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$12,084
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,040
Maryland costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Maryland — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$59,950
Kept after tax
$47,866
Worth in national money
$46,040
State rank
22
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maryland pays this job around $59,950 at the midpoint, 22 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Maryland reports figures for, this is number 269.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $59,950, tax leaves $47,866 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $46,040 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $58,090.
- For adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors the Maryland median is $59,950, ranking 22 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Maryland's occupational distribution, adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors sits at 269 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $47,866 remains from the Maryland median of $59,950 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $46,040 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $58,090 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $65,540 |
| This salary | $59,950 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Maryland | $47,866 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,350 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,773 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $56,859 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,982 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in Maryland earn under $59,950 and half over. The published range runs $43,140 at the tenth percentile to $65,540 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $47,866, from $59,950, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 269 of 489 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,040 uses one figure for the whole of Maryland. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 269.
- Figures are distribution medians for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,140 to $65,540; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Maryland is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $47,866 from $59,950. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 269 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,040, worked from $59,950, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Maryland address, on work sitting at 269 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $58,090, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $43,140 at the bottom tenth to $65,540 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $46,040 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Maryland adds its own income tax on top — which is why $47,866 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Maryland is $58,090. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,140 to $65,540) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Maryland rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Maryland's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $46,040 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $47,866 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Maryland income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.