Health Education Specialists in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,650
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$26,820
25.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,689
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
$104,470
Kept after tax
$77,650
Worth in national money
$74,689
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for health education specialists is strong here. Maryland's middle earner gets $104,470, putting the state 1 of 51 — about 63.06% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maryland. It ranks 84 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $104,470 the take-home is $77,650; in national-average money that behaves like $74,689. The average comes to $106,630, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For health education specialists, Maryland sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $104,470, ranking 1 of 51 and running about 63.06% 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.
- Within Maryland, health education specialists ranks 84 of 489 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Take-home for health education specialists in Maryland, on $104,470, is $77,650; deflated by the state's price level, $74,689. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $106,630 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Health Education Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $161,470 |
| This salary | $104,470 |
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 | $77,650 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,325 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,029 |
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 | $97,825 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,854 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of health education specialists in Maryland earn under $104,470 and half over. The published range runs $56,160 at the tenth percentile to $161,470 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $77,650 take-home in Maryland comes from $104,470. 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 84 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $74,689, the adjusted value of that $104,470 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 84 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for health education specialists in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $56,160 to $161,470; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $77,650, from $104,470, 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 84 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $74,689 — the adjusted value of that $104,470 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 84 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $56,160, the highest tenth $161,470, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $74,689 of national purchasing power.
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 $77,650 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 ($56,160) and the ninetieth ($161,470) 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 $74,689 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 $77,650 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.