Healthcare Support Workers, All Other in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,566
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$8,114
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,209
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
$43,680
Kept after tax
$35,566
Worth in national money
$34,209
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Maryland pays healthcare support workers, all other a middle wage of $43,680, 41 of 51 states and about 9.81% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Maryland this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, healthcare support workers, all other ranks 405. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $43,680 the take-home is $35,566; in national-average money that behaves like $34,209. The average comes to $47,690, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maryland's $43,680 median for healthcare support workers, all other places it 41 of 51 states, about 9.81% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Maryland reports, healthcare support workers, all other ranks 405 of 489, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Take-home for healthcare support workers, all other in Maryland, on $43,680, is $35,566; deflated by the state's price level, $34,209. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $47,690 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Healthcare Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,330 |
| This salary | $43,680 |
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 | $35,566 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,277 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,151 |
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 | $41,550 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,021 |
| 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 $43,680. The published range is $32,230 up to $67,330, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $35,566, from $43,680, 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 405 of 489 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $34,209, the adjusted value of that $43,680 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 405 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for healthcare support workers, all other in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,230 to $67,330. 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 $35,566 from $43,680. 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 405 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $34,209 — the adjusted value of that $43,680 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 405 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $47,690 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $32,230, the highest tenth $67,330, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $34,209 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 $35,566 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 $47,690. 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 ($32,230) and the ninetieth ($67,330) 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 $34,209 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 $35,566 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.