Audiologists in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,060
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$22,200
24.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,426
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
$91,260
Kept after tax
$69,060
Worth in national money
$66,426
State rank
32
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland sits in the middle of the pack for audiologists. The median is $91,260, ranking 32 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maryland. It ranks 121 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $91,260 the take-home is $69,060; in national-average money that behaves like $66,426. The average comes to $93,410, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maryland occupies the middle band for audiologists: a median of $91,260, ranking 32 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Maryland, audiologists ranks 121 of 489 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Take-home for audiologists in Maryland, on $91,260, is $69,060; deflated by the state's price level, $66,426. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $93,410 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Audiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $91,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $117,320 |
| This salary | $91,260 |
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 | $69,060 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,031 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,728 |
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 | $85,615 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,056 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $91,260 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $63,120 and the ninetieth is $117,320 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $69,060 take-home in Maryland comes from $91,260. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 121 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $66,426 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 121.
- The Maryland median of $91,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $63,120 to $117,320. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $69,060, from $91,260, assumes a single Maryland filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 121 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $66,426, worked from $91,260, 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 121 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $63,120 at the tenth percentile, $117,320 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Maryland costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $66,426 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Maryland's own levy, $69,060 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($63,120 to $117,320) 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 $66,426 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 $69,060 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.