Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,801
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$17,869
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,482
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
$78,670
Kept after tax
$60,801
Worth in national money
$58,482
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maryland pays this job a middle wage of $78,670, ranking 14 of 51 states and sitting about 9.2% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Maryland, this sits in the middle: 165 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $78,670, tax leaves $60,801 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $58,482 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $79,820, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maryland's median for secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education is $78,670, about 9.2% above the national figure and 14 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education ranks 165 of 489 occupations in Maryland by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After tax, $60,801 remains from the Maryland median of $78,670 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $58,482 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $79,820 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,690 |
| This salary | $78,670 |
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 | $60,801 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,174 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,558 |
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 | $73,875 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,439 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $78,670 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $58,150 and the ninetieth is $102,690 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $60,801, from $78,670, 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 165 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $58,482, the adjusted value of that $78,670 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 165 of 489 locally.
- The Maryland median of $78,670 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $58,150 to $102,690. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Maryland is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $60,801 from $78,670. 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 165 of 489 locally.
- This $58,482 adjusted figure, worked from $78,670, 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 165 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 165 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $58,150 at the bottom tenth to $102,690 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $58,482 of national purchasing power.
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 $60,801 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 ($58,150 to $102,690) 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 $58,482 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 $60,801 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.