Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,039
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$24,811
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,216
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
$98,850
Kept after tax
$74,039
Worth in national money
$71,216
State rank
14
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maryland pays this job a middle wage of $98,850, ranking 14 of 48 states and sitting about 1.93% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Maryland reports, this job comes in at 103 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $98,850 the take-home is $74,039; in national-average money that behaves like $71,216. The average comes to $104,840, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maryland's median for computer science teachers, postsecondary is $98,850, about 1.93% above the national figure and 14 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Computer science teachers, postsecondary ranks 103 of 489 occupations by median in Maryland, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for computer science teachers, postsecondary in Maryland, on $98,850, is $74,039; deflated by the state's price level, $71,216. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $104,840 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $180,340 |
| This salary | $98,850 |
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 | $74,039 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,371 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,434 |
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 | $92,693 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,031 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $98,850 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,760 and the ninetieth is $180,340 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $74,039 take-home in Maryland comes from $98,850. 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 103 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $71,216, the adjusted value of that $98,850 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 103 of 489 in the state.
- The Maryland median of $98,850 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,760 to $180,340. 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 $74,039, from $98,850, 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 103 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $71,216 — the adjusted value of that $98,850 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 103 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 $104,840, 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 $31,760 at the bottom tenth to $180,340 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $71,216 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, $74,039 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $104,840. 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 ($31,760) and the ninetieth ($180,340) 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 $71,216 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 $74,039 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.