First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,829
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$16,311
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,624
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
$74,140
Kept after tax
$57,829
Worth in national money
$55,624
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $74,140, which ranks 13 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 6.68% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Maryland reports figures for, this is number 195.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $74,140, tax leaves $57,829 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $55,624 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $75,660, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maryland ranks 13 of 51 states publishing a median for first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers, at $74,140 — about 6.68% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Maryland's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers sits at 195 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, $57,829 remains from the Maryland median of $74,140 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $55,624 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $75,660 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,140 |
| This salary | $74,140 |
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 | $57,829 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,987 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,137 |
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 | $69,651 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,582 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $74,140 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,850 and the ninetieth is $104,140 — 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 $57,829, worked from $74,140. 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 195 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $55,624 uses one figure for the whole of Maryland. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 195.
- The Maryland median of $74,140 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,850 to $104,140. 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 $57,829, on $74,140 for work ranking 195 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 195 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $55,624, worked from $74,140, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Maryland address, on work sitting at 195 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $46,850 at the bottom tenth to $104,140 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 $55,624 rather than its face figure.
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 $57,829 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($46,850) and the ninetieth ($104,140) 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 $55,624 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 $57,829 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.