Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,919
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$17,931
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,596
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
$78,850
Kept after tax
$60,919
Worth in national money
$58,596
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Maryland's middle earner gets $78,850, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 21.08% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 162 among 489 occupations Maryland publishes pay for.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $78,850 the take-home is $60,919; in national-average money that behaves like $58,596. The average comes to $83,370, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school, Maryland sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $78,850, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 21.08% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 162 of 489 in Maryland places special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Take-home for special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school in Maryland, on $78,850, is $60,919; deflated by the state's price level, $58,596. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $83,370 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,310 |
| This salary | $78,850 |
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 | $60,919 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,301 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,574 |
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 | $74,043 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,463 |
| 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 special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school in Maryland earn under $78,850 and half over. The published range runs $60,720 at the tenth percentile to $121,310 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $60,919 take-home in Maryland comes from $78,850. 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 162 of 489.
- Two cautions on $58,596, the adjusted value of that $78,850 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 162 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,720 to $121,310; 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 $60,919, from $78,850, 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 162 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 51 for it.
- This $58,596 adjusted figure, worked from $78,850, 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 162 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 162 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 $83,370, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $60,720 and the top tenth $121,310 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $58,596 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Maryland then takes its own share, leaving $60,919.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $83,370. 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 ($60,720) and the ninetieth ($121,310) 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 $58,596 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 $60,919 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.