Information and Record Clerks, All Other in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,437
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$11,623
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,666
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
$58,060
Kept after tax
$46,437
Worth in national money
$44,666
State rank
4
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $58,060, which ranks 4 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 17.29% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 291 among 489 occupations Maryland publishes pay for.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $58,060 the take-home is $46,437; in national-average money that behaves like $44,666. The average comes to $59,360, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maryland ranks 4 of 50 states publishing a median for information and record clerks, all other, at $58,060 — about 17.29% 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.
- Position 291 of 489 in Maryland places information and record clerks, all other in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Take-home for information and record clerks, all other in Maryland, on $58,060, is $46,437; deflated by the state's price level, $44,666. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $59,360 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Information and Record Clerks, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,950 |
| This salary | $58,060 |
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 | $46,437 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,831 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,585 |
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 | $55,080 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,754 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $58,060 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,670 and the ninetieth is $77,950 — 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 $46,437, worked from $58,060. 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 291 of 489.
- Two cautions on $44,666, the adjusted value of that $58,060 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 291 of 489 locally.
- The Maryland median of $58,060 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,670 to $77,950. 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 $46,437, on $58,060 for work ranking 291 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 291 of 489 in the state.
- This $44,666 adjusted figure, worked from $58,060, 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 291 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 291 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $40,670 at the tenth percentile, $77,950 at the ninetieth.
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 $44,666 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Maryland then takes its own share, leaving $46,437.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,670 to $77,950) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Maryland rather than a national figure.
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 $44,666 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 $46,437 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.