Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,900
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$17,920
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,577
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
$78,820
Kept after tax
$60,900
Worth in national money
$58,577
State rank
11
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Maryland's middle earner gets $78,820, putting the state 11 of 49 — about 4.61% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 163 among 489 occupations Maryland publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $78,820 the take-home is $60,900. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $58,577 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $79,000, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For education teachers, postsecondary, Maryland sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $78,820, ranking 11 of 49 and running about 4.61% 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.
- Position 163 of 489 in Maryland places education teachers, postsecondary in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Maryland income tax is $60,900 for education teachers, postsecondary, from $78,820. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $58,577. ⚠️ 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 $79,000 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Education Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $125,900 |
| This salary | $78,820 |
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 | $60,900 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,280 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,572 |
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 | $74,015 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,459 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $78,820 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,760 and the ninetieth is $125,900 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $60,900, from $78,820, 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 163 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $58,577, the adjusted value of that $78,820 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 163 of 489 locally.
- The Maryland median of $78,820 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,760 to $125,900. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Maryland is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $60,900 from $78,820. 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 163 of 489 locally.
- This $58,577 adjusted figure, worked from $78,820, 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 163 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 163 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $31,760 and the top tenth $125,900 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $58,577 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, $60,900 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($31,760) and the ninetieth ($125,900) 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 $58,577 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 $60,900 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.