Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,305
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$17,085
22.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,044
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
$76,390
Kept after tax
$59,305
Worth in national money
$57,044
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Maryland's middle earner gets $76,390, putting the state 2 of 51 — about 28.28% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Maryland, this sits in the middle: 180 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $76,390 the take-home is $59,305. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $57,044 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $75,400, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For child, family, and school social workers, Maryland sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $76,390, ranking 2 of 51 and running about 28.28% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Child, family, and school social workers ranks 180 of 489 occupations in Maryland by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Maryland income tax is $59,305 for child, family, and school social workers, from $76,390. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $57,044. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $75,400 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Child, Family, and School Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,570 |
| This salary | $76,390 |
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 | $59,305 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,570 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,346 |
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 | $71,749 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,115 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Maryland earn less than $76,390. The published range is $41,240 up to $105,570, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $59,305 take-home in Maryland comes from $76,390. 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 180 of 489.
- Two cautions on $57,044, the adjusted value of that $76,390 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 180 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for child, family, and school social workers in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,240 to $105,570. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $59,305, from $76,390, 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 180 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 51 for it.
- This $57,044 adjusted figure, worked from $76,390, 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 180 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 180 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $41,240, the highest tenth $105,570, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $57,044 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Maryland then takes its own share, leaving $59,305.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($41,240) and the ninetieth ($105,570) 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 $57,044 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 $59,305 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.