Rehabilitation Counselors in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,434
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$7,426
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,159
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
$40,860
Kept after tax
$33,434
Worth in national money
$32,159
State rank
46
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for rehabilitation counselors is on the low side in Maryland. The middle earner gets $40,860. That is 46 of 51 states, and about 12.79% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 489 occupations Maryland publishes, rehabilitation counselors lands at 422. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $40,860 the take-home is $33,434. But Maryland costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $32,159 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $46,830, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For rehabilitation counselors, Maryland sits in the lower band at $40,860, ranking 46 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 12.79%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Maryland, this work ranks 422 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Maryland income tax is $33,434 for rehabilitation counselors, from $40,860. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $32,159. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $46,830 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Rehabilitation Counselors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,630 |
| This salary | $40,860 |
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 | $33,434 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,011 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,870 |
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 | $38,897 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,681 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $40,860 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,590 and the ninetieth is $67,630 — 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 $33,434, worked from $40,860. 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 422 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,159, the adjusted value of that $40,860 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 422 of 489 in the state.
- The Maryland median of $40,860 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,590 to $67,630. 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 $33,434, on $40,860 for work ranking 422 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 422 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $32,159 — the adjusted value of that $40,860 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 422 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $46,830, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $36,590, the highest tenth $67,630, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $32,159 — 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 $33,434 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.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Maryland is $46,830. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,590) and the ninetieth ($67,630) 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 $32,159 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 $33,434 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.