Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,461
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$12,599
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,575
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
$62,060
Kept after tax
$49,461
Worth in national money
$47,575
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maryland pays this job around $62,060 at the midpoint, 30 of 51 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 251.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $62,060, tax leaves $49,461 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $47,575 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $66,970, since top earners drag the number up.
- For career/technical education teachers, postsecondary the Maryland median is $62,060, ranking 30 of 51 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, career/technical education teachers, postsecondary sits at 251 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, $49,461 remains from the Maryland median of $62,060 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $47,575 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $66,970 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $109,300 |
| This salary | $62,060 |
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 | $49,461 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,045 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,984 |
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 | $58,844 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,237 |
| 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 career/technical education teachers, postsecondary in Maryland earn under $62,060 and half over. The published range runs $32,370 at the tenth percentile to $109,300 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $49,461, from $62,060, 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 251 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $47,575, the adjusted value of that $62,060 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Maryland. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 251 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for career/technical education teachers, postsecondary in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,370 to $109,300; 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 $49,461 from $62,060. 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 251 of 489 locally.
- This $47,575 adjusted figure, worked from $62,060, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 251 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 251 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $66,970, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $32,370 at the bottom tenth to $109,300 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Maryland run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $47,575 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $49,461 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $66,970. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($32,370) and the ninetieth ($109,300) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $47,575 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 $49,461 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.