Radiation Therapists in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,383
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$27,737
25.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,355
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
$107,120
Kept after tax
$79,383
Worth in national money
$76,355
State rank
13
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maryland pays radiation therapists a middle wage of $107,120, ranking 13 of 46 states and sitting about 1.72% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maryland. It ranks 75 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $107,120, tax leaves $79,383 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $76,355 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $107,270, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maryland's median for radiation therapists is $107,120, about 1.72% above the national figure and 13 of 46 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Maryland, radiation therapists ranks 75 of 489 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After tax, $79,383 remains from the Maryland median of $107,120 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $76,355 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $107,270 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Radiation Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,430 |
| This salary | $107,120 |
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 | $79,383 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,189 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,281 |
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 | $100,288 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,201 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $107,120 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $80,790 and the ninetieth is $132,430 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maryland's $79,383, worked from $107,120. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 75 of 489.
- Two cautions on $76,355, the adjusted value of that $107,120 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 75 of 489 locally.
- The Maryland median of $107,120 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $80,790 to $132,430. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Maryland take-home of $79,383, on $107,120 for work ranking 75 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 75 of 489 in the state.
- This $76,355 adjusted figure, worked from $107,120, 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 75 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 75 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $80,790 at the bottom tenth to $132,430 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $76,355 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, $79,383 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 ($80,790 to $132,430) 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 $76,355 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 $79,383 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.