Public Safety Telecommunicators in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,080
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$11,830
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,284
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
$58,910
Kept after tax
$47,080
Worth in national money
$45,284
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $58,910, which ranks 17 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 11.07% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Maryland reports figures for, this is number 282.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $58,910, tax leaves $47,080 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $45,284 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $60,420, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maryland ranks 17 of 51 states publishing a median for public safety telecommunicators, at $58,910 — about 11.07% 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.
- In Maryland's occupational distribution, public safety telecommunicators sits at 282 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.
- After tax, $47,080 remains from the Maryland median of $58,910 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $45,284 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $60,420 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Public Safety Telecommunicators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,500 |
| This salary | $58,910 |
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 | $47,080 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,514 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,670 |
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 | $55,880 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,857 |
| 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 public safety telecommunicators in Maryland earn under $58,910 and half over. The published range runs $46,840 at the tenth percentile to $76,500 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $47,080 take-home in Maryland comes from $58,910. 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 282 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,284 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 282.
- Figures are distribution medians for public safety telecommunicators in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,840 to $76,500; 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.
- Retained pay of $47,080, from $58,910, 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 282 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,284, worked from $58,910, 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 282 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $46,840 at the bottom tenth to $76,500 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $45,284 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $47,080 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,840 to $76,500) 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 $45,284 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 $47,080 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.