Occupational Therapy Assistants in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,992
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$19,018
23.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,590
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
$82,010
Kept after tax
$62,992
Worth in national money
$60,590
State rank
1
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 $82,010, which ranks 1 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 13.43% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Maryland, this sits in the middle: 151 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 $82,010 the take-home is $62,992; in national-average money that behaves like $60,590. The average lands at $79,890, below the middle of the range.
- Maryland ranks 1 of 50 states publishing a median for occupational therapy assistants, at $82,010 — about 13.43% 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.
- Occupational therapy assistants ranks 151 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 occupational therapy assistants in Maryland, on $82,010, is $62,992; deflated by the state's price level, $60,590. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $79,890 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,520 |
| This salary | $82,010 |
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 | $62,992 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,524 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,868 |
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 | $76,990 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,868 |
| 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 occupational therapy assistants in Maryland earn under $82,010 and half over. The published range runs $62,380 at the tenth percentile to $95,520 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $62,992, from $82,010, 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 151 of 489 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $60,590 uses one figure for the whole of Maryland. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 151.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational therapy assistants in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $62,380 to $95,520; 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 $62,992 from $82,010. 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 151 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $60,590, worked from $82,010, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Maryland address, on work sitting at 151 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $62,380 at the tenth percentile, $95,520 at the ninetieth.
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 $60,590 — 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 $62,992 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($62,380 to $95,520) 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 $60,590 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 $62,992 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.