Speech-Language Pathologists in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,262
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$24,928
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,430
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
$99,190
Kept after tax
$74,262
Worth in national money
$71,430
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland is one of the better-paying states for speech-language pathologists. The middle earner takes $99,190, which ranks 16 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 1.35% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maryland. It ranks 102 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $99,190, tax leaves $74,262 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $71,430 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $98,070.
- Maryland ranks 16 of 51 states publishing a median for speech-language pathologists, at $99,190 — about 1.35% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Maryland, speech-language pathologists ranks 102 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, $74,262 remains from the Maryland median of $99,190 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $71,430 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $98,070 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Speech-Language Pathologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,590 |
| This salary | $99,190 |
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 | $74,262 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,610 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,465 |
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 | $93,010 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,075 |
| 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 speech-language pathologists in Maryland earn under $99,190 and half over. The published range runs $63,480 at the tenth percentile to $130,590 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 $74,262, worked from $99,190. 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 102 of 489.
- Two cautions on $71,430, the adjusted value of that $99,190 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 102 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for speech-language pathologists in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $63,480 to $130,590; 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 $74,262, on $99,190 for work ranking 102 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 102 of 489 in the state.
- This $71,430 adjusted figure, worked from $99,190, 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 102 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 102 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $63,480 at the bottom tenth to $130,590 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 $71,430 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, $74,262 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($63,480 to $130,590) 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 $71,430 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 $74,262 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.