Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,784
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$9,476
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,267
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
$49,260
Kept after tax
$39,784
Worth in national money
$38,267
State rank
22
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maryland is 22 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $49,260. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 339 among 489 occupations Maryland publishes pay for.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $49,260 the take-home is $39,784; in national-average money that behaves like $38,267. The average comes to $53,620, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maryland ranks 22 of 49 for office and administrative support workers, all other at $49,260. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 339 of 489 in Maryland places office and administrative support workers, 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 office and administrative support workers, all other in Maryland, on $49,260, is $39,784; deflated by the state's price level, $38,267. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $53,620 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,630 |
| This salary | $49,260 |
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 | $39,784 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,760 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,708 |
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 | $46,800 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,693 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Maryland earn less than $49,260. The published range is $32,170 up to $79,630, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,784 take-home in Maryland comes from $49,260. 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 339 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $38,267 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 339.
- Reported values are medians; for office and administrative support workers, all other in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,170 to $79,630. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,784, from $49,260, 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 339 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 22 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,267, worked from $49,260, 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 339 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $53,620, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $32,170 and the top tenth $79,630 — 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 $38,267 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 $39,784.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Maryland is $53,620. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($32,170) and the ninetieth ($79,630) 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 $38,267 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 $39,784 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.