Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,641
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$11,689
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,862
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
$58,330
Kept after tax
$46,641
Worth in national money
$44,862
State rank
1
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Maryland's middle earner gets $58,330, putting the state 1 of 45 — about 35.94% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Maryland reports figures for, this is number 287.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $58,330, tax leaves $46,641 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $44,862 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $59,850, since top earners drag the number up.
- For teaching assistants, postsecondary, Maryland sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $58,330, ranking 1 of 45 and running about 35.94% 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, teaching assistants, postsecondary sits at 287 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.
- After tax, $46,641 remains from the Maryland median of $58,330 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $44,862 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $59,850 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,980 |
| This salary | $58,330 |
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 | $46,641 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,048 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,612 |
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 | $55,334 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,787 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Maryland earn less than $58,330. The published range is $40,460 up to $75,980, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $46,641 take-home in Maryland comes from $58,330. 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 287 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maryland, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,862, the adjusted value of that $58,330 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 287 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for teaching assistants, postsecondary in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,460 to $75,980. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $46,641, from $58,330, 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 287 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maryland, so $44,862 — the adjusted value of that $58,330 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 287 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $40,460 at the bottom tenth to $75,980 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 $44,862 rather than its face figure.
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 $46,641 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,460 to $75,980) 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 $44,862 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 $46,641 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.