Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,305
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$17,085
22.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,044
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
$76,390
Kept after tax
$59,305
Worth in national money
$57,044
State rank
14
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Maryland's middle earner gets $76,390, putting the state 14 of 46 — about 15.27% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Maryland reports figures for, this is number 181.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $76,390 the take-home is $59,305; in national-average money that behaves like $57,044. The average comes to $77,530, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For probation officers and correctional treatment specialists, Maryland sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $76,390, ranking 14 of 46 and running about 15.27% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Maryland's occupational distribution, probation officers and correctional treatment specialists sits at 181 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists in Maryland, on $76,390, is $59,305; deflated by the state's price level, $57,044. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $77,530 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $96,370 |
| This salary | $76,390 |
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 | $59,305 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,570 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,346 |
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 | $71,749 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,115 |
| 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 probation officers and correctional treatment specialists in Maryland earn under $76,390 and half over. The published range runs $60,010 at the tenth percentile to $96,370 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $59,305, from $76,390, 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 181 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $57,044, the adjusted value of that $76,390 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 181 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,010 to $96,370; 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 $59,305 from $76,390. 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 181 of 489 locally.
- This $57,044 adjusted figure, worked from $76,390, 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 181 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 181 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $60,010 and the top tenth $96,370, 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 $57,044 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, $59,305 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($60,010 to $96,370) 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 $57,044 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 $59,305 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.