English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,140
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$19,620
23.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,694
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
$83,760
Kept after tax
$64,140
Worth in national money
$61,694
State rank
13
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Maryland's middle earner gets $83,760, putting the state 13 of 49 — about 6.35% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Maryland reports figures for, this is number 142.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $83,760 the take-home is $64,140; in national-average money that behaves like $61,694. The average comes to $93,770, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For english language and literature teachers, postsecondary, Maryland sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $83,760, ranking 13 of 49 and running about 6.35% 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, english language and literature teachers, postsecondary sits at 142 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.
- Take-home for english language and literature teachers, postsecondary in Maryland, on $83,760, is $64,140; deflated by the state's price level, $61,694. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $93,770 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $135,130 |
| This salary | $83,760 |
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 | $64,140 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,755 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,031 |
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 | $78,621 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,093 |
| 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 $83,760. The published range is $46,130 up to $135,130, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $64,140, from $83,760, 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 142 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $61,694, the adjusted value of that $83,760 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 142 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for english language and literature teachers, postsecondary in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,130 to $135,130. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Maryland is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $64,140 from $83,760. 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 142 of 489 locally.
- This $61,694 adjusted figure, worked from $83,760, 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 142 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 142 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $93,770, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $46,130, the highest tenth $135,130, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $61,694 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $64,140 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.
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 $93,770. 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 ($46,130) and the ninetieth ($135,130) 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 $61,694 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 $64,140 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.