SALARY · NURSING ASSISTANTS · MARYLAND

Nursing Assistants salary in Maryland

A job title alone does not tell you what you will earn. Place matters, sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars. In Maryland, nursing assistants sat at a median of $43,240 a year, which is the figure I would use first when you compare offers.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$43,240

$21 per hour at the median · That is $980 (2.3 percent) above the national median of $42,260 for this occupation.

$43,310Mean annual salary
$21Mean hourly wage
$27,720People employed in this job in Maryland

Salary range

25th: $38,400Median: $43,24075th: $45,760
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$38,400
Median (50th percentile)$43,240
75th percentile$45,760
Mean$43,310

The middle half of workers earned from $38,400 to $45,760 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED PAY BEFORE STATE TAX

$36,923 a year
$3,077 a month
Federal tax $3,009 · FICA $3,308

State tax is not in this figure. State tax for Maryland is not included, because the full 2026 state table for Maryland has not been verified in this build. Treat this figure as before state tax, not as a final take-home figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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