Special Education Teachers, Preschool in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,960
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$20,050
23.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,483
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
$85,010
Kept after tax
$64,960
Worth in national money
$62,483
State rank
5
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Maryland's middle earner gets $85,010, putting the state 5 of 45 — about 31.13% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Maryland reports figures for, this is number 137.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $85,010 the take-home is $64,960; in national-average money that behaves like $62,483. The average comes to $89,650, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For special education teachers, preschool, Maryland sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $85,010, ranking 5 of 45 and running about 31.13% 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.
- In Maryland's occupational distribution, special education teachers, preschool sits at 137 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.
- Take-home for special education teachers, preschool in Maryland, on $85,010, is $64,960; deflated by the state's price level, $62,483. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $89,650 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Special Education Teachers, Preschool
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $70,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,080 |
| This salary | $85,010 |
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 | $64,960 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,635 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,147 |
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 | $79,787 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,254 |
| 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, preschool in Maryland earn under $85,010 and half over. The published range runs $70,730 at the tenth percentile to $106,080 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maryland's $64,960, worked from $85,010. 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 137 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $62,483, the adjusted value of that $85,010 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 137 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for special education teachers, preschool in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $70,730 to $106,080; 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.
- The Maryland take-home of $64,960, on $85,010 for work ranking 137 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 137 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $62,483 — the adjusted value of that $85,010 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 137 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $89,650, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $70,730 at the tenth percentile, $106,080 at the ninetieth.
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 $62,483 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $64,960 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $89,650. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($70,730 to $106,080) 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 $62,483 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 $64,960 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.