Psychiatrists in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$202,761
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$102,559
33.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$195,029
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
$305,320
Kept after tax
$202,761
Worth in national money
$195,029
State rank
10
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland is one of the better-paying states for psychiatrists. The middle earner takes $305,320, which ranks 10 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 8.32% above the national middle.
- Within Maryland this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, psychiatrists ranks 1 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $305,320, tax leaves $202,761 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $195,029 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $306,100, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maryland ranks 10 of 46 states publishing a median for psychiatrists, at $305,320 — about 8.32% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Maryland publishes a median for, psychiatrists sits 1 of 489 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After tax, $202,761 remains from the Maryland median of $305,320 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $195,029 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $306,100 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Psychiatrists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $154,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $305,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $449,640 |
| This salary | $305,320 |
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 | $202,761 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $218,510 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$29,834 |
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 | $280,183 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$45,667 |
| 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 $305,320. The published range is $154,720 up to $449,640, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $202,761 take-home in Maryland comes from $305,320. 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 1 of 489.
- Two cautions on $195,029, the adjusted value of that $305,320 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 1 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for psychiatrists in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $154,720 to $449,640. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $202,761, from $305,320, 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 1 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 46 for it.
- This $195,029 adjusted figure, worked from $305,320, 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 1 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 1 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $154,720 at the bottom tenth to $449,640 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $195,029 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $202,761 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($154,720) and the ninetieth ($449,640) 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 $195,029 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 $202,761 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.