Nurse Practitioners in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$94,829
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$36,281
27.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$91,213
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
$131,110
Kept after tax
$94,829
Worth in national money
$91,213
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland sits in the middle of the pack for nurse practitioners. The median is $131,110, ranking 27 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Maryland reports, nurse practitioners comes in at 38 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $131,110, tax leaves $94,829 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $91,213 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $133,360, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maryland occupies the middle band for nurse practitioners: a median of $131,110, ranking 27 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Nurse practitioners ranks 38 of 489 occupations by median in Maryland, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After tax, $94,829 remains from the Maryland median of $131,110 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $91,213 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $133,360 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Nurse Practitioners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $99,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $131,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $169,330 |
| This salary | $131,110 |
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 | $94,829 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,880 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,600 |
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 | $122,258 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,669 |
| 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 nurse practitioners in Maryland earn under $131,110 and half over. The published range runs $99,920 at the tenth percentile to $169,330 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $94,829, from $131,110, 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 38 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $91,213, the adjusted value of that $131,110 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 38 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for nurse practitioners in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $99,920 to $169,330; 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.
- Take-home for Maryland is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $94,829 from $131,110. 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 38 of 489 locally.
- This $91,213 adjusted figure, worked from $131,110, 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 38 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 38 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $99,920 at the bottom tenth to $169,330 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $91,213 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 $94,829 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 ($99,920 to $169,330) 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 $91,213 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 $94,829 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.