History Teachers, Postsecondary in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,370
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$24,460
25.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,572
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
$97,830
Kept after tax
$73,370
Worth in national money
$70,572
State rank
11
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Maryland's middle earner gets $97,830, putting the state 11 of 45 — about 16.71% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maryland. It ranks 105 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $97,830 the take-home is $73,370. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $70,572 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $107,100, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For history teachers, postsecondary, Maryland sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $97,830, ranking 11 of 45 and running about 16.71% 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, history teachers, postsecondary ranks 105 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Maryland income tax is $73,370 for history teachers, postsecondary, from $97,830. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $70,572. ⚠️ 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 $107,100 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: History Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $149,630 |
| This salary | $97,830 |
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 | $73,370 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,653 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,339 |
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 | $91,741 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,900 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $97,830 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $54,360 and the ninetieth is $149,630 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $73,370 take-home in Maryland comes from $97,830. 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 105 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $70,572, the adjusted value of that $97,830 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 105 of 489 in the state.
- The Maryland median of $97,830 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $54,360 to $149,630. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $73,370, from $97,830, 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 105 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $70,572 — the adjusted value of that $97,830 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 105 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $107,100, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $54,360, the highest tenth $149,630, 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 $70,572 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 $73,370 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 $107,100. 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 ($54,360) and the ninetieth ($149,630) 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 $70,572 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 $73,370 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.