Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,171
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$16,489
22.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,952
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
$74,660
Kept after tax
$58,171
Worth in national money
$55,952
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $74,660, which ranks 13 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 15.93% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Maryland, this sits in the middle: 193 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $74,660, tax leaves $58,171 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $55,952 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $74,170.
- Maryland ranks 13 of 51 states publishing a median for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses, at $74,660 — about 15.93% 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.
- Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ranks 193 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.
- After tax, $58,171 remains from the Maryland median of $74,660 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $55,952 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $74,170 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,010 |
| This salary | $74,660 |
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 | $58,171 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,353 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,185 |
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 | $70,136 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,705 |
| 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 licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in Maryland earn under $74,660 and half over. The published range runs $60,720 at the tenth percentile to $90,010 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $58,171 take-home in Maryland comes from $74,660. 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 193 of 489.
- Two cautions on $55,952, the adjusted value of that $74,660 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 193 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,720 to $90,010; 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 $58,171, from $74,660, 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 193 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 51 for it.
- This $55,952 adjusted figure, worked from $74,660, 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 193 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 193 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $60,720 at the bottom tenth to $90,010 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Maryland run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $55,952 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $58,171 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($60,720 to $90,010) 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 $55,952 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 $58,171 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.