Postal Service Clerks in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,330
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$12,880
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,411
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
$63,210
Kept after tax
$50,330
Worth in national money
$48,411
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maryland pays postal service clerks a middle wage of $63,210, ranking 8 of 51 states and sitting about 1.74% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Postal service clerks ranks 242 among 489 occupations Maryland publishes pay for.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $63,210 the take-home is $50,330; in national-average money that behaves like $48,411. The average comes to $63,740, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maryland's median for postal service clerks is $63,210, about 1.74% above the national figure and 8 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 242 of 489 in Maryland places postal service clerks 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 postal service clerks in Maryland, on $63,210, is $50,330; deflated by the state's price level, $48,411. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $63,740 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Postal Service Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,030 |
| This salary | $63,210 |
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 | $50,330 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,969 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,098 |
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 | $59,926 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,375 |
| 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 $63,210. The published range is $54,330 up to $75,030, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $50,330, from $63,210, 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 242 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $48,411, the adjusted value of that $63,210 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 242 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for postal service clerks in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $54,330 to $75,030. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Maryland is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $50,330 from $63,210. 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 242 of 489 locally.
- This $48,411 adjusted figure, worked from $63,210, 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 242 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 242 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $54,330 and the top tenth $75,030, so most people doing this work in Maryland sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $48,411 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Maryland's own levy, $50,330 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($54,330 to $75,030) 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 $48,411 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 $50,330 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.