Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,848
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$6,592
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,672
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
$37,440
Kept after tax
$30,848
Worth in national money
$29,672
State rank
16
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maryland pays this job around $37,440 at the midpoint, 16 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 489 occupations Maryland publishes, this job lands at 449. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $37,440 the take-home is $30,848; in national-average money that behaves like $29,672. The average comes to $37,970, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For personal care and service workers, all other the Maryland median is $37,440, ranking 16 of 46 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Maryland, this work ranks 449 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Take-home for personal care and service workers, all other in Maryland, on $37,440, is $30,848; deflated by the state's price level, $29,672. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $37,970 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,240 |
| This salary | $37,440 |
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 | $30,848 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,263 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,529 |
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 | $35,679 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,268 |
| 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 personal care and service workers, all other in Maryland earn under $37,440 and half over. The published range runs $32,720 at the tenth percentile to $45,240 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $30,848, from $37,440, 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 449 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $29,672, the adjusted value of that $37,440 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 449 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for personal care and service workers, all other in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,720 to $45,240; 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 $30,848 from $37,440. 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 449 of 489 locally.
- This $29,672 adjusted figure, worked from $37,440, 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 449 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 449 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,720 at the tenth percentile, $45,240 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $29,672 of national purchasing power.
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 $30,848 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,720 to $45,240) 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 $29,672 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 $30,848 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.