Dietitians and Nutritionists in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,230
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$17,570
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,933
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
$77,800
Kept after tax
$60,230
Worth in national money
$57,933
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dietitians and nutritionists is strong here. Maryland's middle earner gets $77,800, putting the state 12 of 51 — about 1.83% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Maryland reports figures for, this is number 171.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $77,800, tax leaves $60,230 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $57,933 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $80,860, since top earners drag the number up.
- For dietitians and nutritionists, Maryland sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $77,800, ranking 12 of 51 and running about 1.83% 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.
- In Maryland's occupational distribution, dietitians and nutritionists sits at 171 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, $60,230 remains from the Maryland median of $77,800 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $57,933 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $80,860 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Dietitians and Nutritionists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,900 |
| This salary | $77,800 |
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 | $60,230 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,562 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,477 |
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 | $73,064 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,328 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $77,800 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $61,470 and the ninetieth is $100,900 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maryland's $60,230, worked from $77,800. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 171 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $57,933, the adjusted value of that $77,800 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 171 of 489 in the state.
- The Maryland median of $77,800 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $61,470 to $100,900. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Maryland take-home of $60,230, on $77,800 for work ranking 171 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 171 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $57,933 — the adjusted value of that $77,800 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 171 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 $80,860, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $61,470 at the bottom tenth to $100,900 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $57,933 — 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 $60,230 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 $80,860. 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 ($61,470 to $100,900) 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 $57,933 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 $60,230 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.