Interpreters and Translators in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,282
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$21,268
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,716
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
$88,550
Kept after tax
$67,282
Worth in national money
$64,716
State rank
2
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland is one of the better-paying states for interpreters and translators. The middle earner takes $88,550, which ranks 2 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 47.17% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Maryland, this sits in the middle: 127 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $88,550 the take-home is $67,282; in national-average money that behaves like $64,716. The average lands at $87,160, below the middle of the range.
- Maryland ranks 2 of 47 states publishing a median for interpreters and translators, at $88,550 — about 47.17% 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.
- Interpreters and translators ranks 127 of 489 occupations in Maryland by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Take-home for interpreters and translators in Maryland, on $88,550, is $67,282; deflated by the state's price level, $64,716. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $87,160 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Interpreters and Translators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $88,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $120,900 |
| This salary | $88,550 |
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 | $67,282 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $71,125 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,476 |
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 | $83,088 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,708 |
| 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 interpreters and translators in Maryland earn under $88,550 and half over. The published range runs $51,660 at the tenth percentile to $120,900 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maryland's $67,282, worked from $88,550. 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 127 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $64,716, the adjusted value of that $88,550 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 127 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for interpreters and translators in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,660 to $120,900; 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.
- The Maryland take-home of $67,282, on $88,550 for work ranking 127 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 127 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $64,716 — the adjusted value of that $88,550 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 127 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $51,660 and the top tenth $120,900 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $64,716 rather than its face figure.
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 $67,282.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($51,660) and the ninetieth ($120,900) 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 $64,716 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 $67,282 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.