Maryland local income tax
Tax year 2026
Places listed
24
every one, listed below
Lowest rate
2.25%
of income
Highest rate
3.3%
of income
Coverage: complete.
All 23 Maryland counties plus Baltimore City are included. Maryland's local income tax is mandatory, so every Maryland address owes one.
What this list tells you
- There are 24 places in Maryland's local-tax table. Here they all are, with the rate checked for each one.
- If your Maryland town is not on this list, it charges nothing. That is a real answer, not a shrug — the list is complete, so absence means zero rather than unknown. Most sites cannot tell you that.
- Rates in Maryland sit fairly close together, from about 2.25% to about 3.3%. Your exact address still changes the bill, just not dramatically.
- Maryland's local-tax table covers 24 jurisdictions, including any verified zero-rate entries. Each appears below with its own rate instead of a statewide average that would describe no actual address.
- Coverage of Maryland is complete, which makes absence informative: an address not represented below owes no local income tax, rather than owing something this model has not reached. Almost no published calculator draws that distinction, because it requires knowing the boundary of your own dataset — and both cases otherwise render as an identical silent zero.
- Maryland's local rates occupy a comparatively tight band, about 2.25% to about 3.3%. Address-level accuracy still matters for a precise figure, but the cost of an approximation is bounded here in a way it is not in states whose ranges span several percentage points.
What lands in your account
A $75,000 salary
| Take-home, year | $58,394 |
|---|---|
| Tax, year | $16,606 |
| Share of pay taxed | 22.14% |
This is an average rate across all your pay — not the rate on your next dollar.
Where the money goes
A $75,000 salary
- Federal income tax$7,670
- Social Security and Medicare$5,738
- State income tax$3,199
- Yours$58,394
| Federal income tax10.23% | $7,670 |
|---|---|
| Social Security and Medicare7.65% | $5,738 |
| State income tax4.27% | $3,199 |
| Yours77.86% | $58,394 |
Every Maryland jurisdiction
| Jurisdiction | Rate |
|---|---|
| Allegany County | 3.2% |
| Anne Arundel County | 2.7%–3.2% |
| Baltimore City | 3.2% |
| Baltimore County | 3.2% |
| Calvert County | 3.2% |
| Caroline County | 3.2% |
| Carroll County | 3.03% |
| Cecil County | 2.74% |
| Charles County | 3.03% |
| Dorchester County | 3.3% |
| Frederick County | 2.25%–3.2% |
| Garrett County | 2.65% |
| Harford County | 3.06% |
| Howard County | 3.2% |
| Kent County | 3.3% |
| Montgomery County | 3.2% |
| Prince George's County | 3.2% |
| Queen Anne's County | 3.2% |
| Somerset County | 3.2% |
| St. Mary's County | 3.2% |
| Talbot County | 2.4% |
| Washington County | 2.95% |
| Wicomico County | 3.2% |
| Worcester County | 2.25% |
Questions people ask
If my town is not on this list, does it charge nothing?
Here, that is what it means. This page has 24 checked Maryland jurisdiction records, including places with a zero rate. Every place that levies this tax is covered, so a missing town charges nothing rather than being unchecked.
Does this affect most people in the state?
Only some. 24 jurisdictions in Maryland levy a local income tax, so most residents never encounter one — but for those inside a levying boundary it is a real second deduction, and it does not appear on a state-level comparison at all.
Where does this list come from?
A single official list covers Maryland, so every rate here shares one source and one date.
What does absence from this table indicate?
Coverage for Maryland is complete: all 24 checked jurisdiction records are included, including any zero-rate entries. Absence from the table therefore indicates no levy rather than missing data. ⚠️ Completeness is asserted against the state's own published list and is re-verified on each data refresh.
How concentrated is local income taxation here?
24 jurisdictions levy locally in Maryland, so exposure is concentrated rather than statewide. ⚠️ State-level effective-rate comparisons exclude local income tax entirely and therefore understate liability for residents of levying jurisdictions.
What is the provenance of this table?
Rates derive from a single published authority with one as-of date covering the whole table. This is preferable to compilation from multiple sources, where differing publication dates cannot be reconciled without asserting currency the sources do not support.