Take-home pay, computed in the open.
Take-home pay $2,245.91 per biweekly paycheck
per biweekly paycheck · single · Maryland · 2026 tables
- Gross / check
- $2,884.62
- Taxes / check
- $638.71
- Net / year
- $58,394
- Effective rate
- 22.1%
The stub, line by line
| Line item | Each paycheck | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $2,884.62 | $75,000 |
| Federal income tax | −$295.00 | −$7,670 |
| Maryland income tax | −$123.03 | −$3,199 |
| Social Security | −$178.85 | −$4,650 |
| Medicare | −$41.83 | −$1,088 |
| Take-home pay | $2,245.91 | $58,394 |
Every Maryland county and Baltimore City levies a mandatory local income tax we do not compute, ranging from 2.25% in Worcester County up to 3.30% in Dorchester and Kent Counties, with Baltimore City, Montgomery, Prince George's, Howard, and Baltimore County all at 3.20%.
How Maryland taxes a paycheck
For 2026 Maryland adds two new top brackets — 6.25% on taxable income over $500,000 and 6.5% over $1,000,000 (single; $600,000/$1.2M for joint and head-of-household filers) — enacted retroactively to January 1, 2025 in the 2025 Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act, and now applies a flat standard deduction in place of its former 15%-of-AGI formula.
The 2026 Maryland standard deduction is $3,350 for a single filer and $6,700 for a married couple filing jointly.
Maryland allows a personal exemption of $3,200 per filer before its rate applies.
Every Maryland county and Baltimore City levies a mandatory local income tax we do not compute, ranging from 2.25% in Worcester County up to 3.30% in Dorchester and Kent Counties, with Baltimore City, Montgomery, Prince George's, Howard, and Baltimore County all at 3.20%.
2026 Maryland brackets, single filer
| Taxable income | Rate |
|---|---|
| $0 – $1,000 | 2% |
| $1,000 – $2,000 | 3% |
| $2,000 – $3,000 | 4% |
| $3,000 – $100,000 | 4.75% |
| $100,000 – $125,000 | 5% |
| $125,000 – $150,000 | 5.25% |
| $150,000 – $250,000 | 5.5% |
| $250,000 – $500,000 | 5.75% |
| $500,000 – $1,000,000 | 6.25% |
| over $1,000,000 | 6.5% |
Common salaries, translated
Sources
- Tax Foundation — 2026 State Income Tax Rates and Brackets (Maryland)
- Comptroller of Maryland — Tax Alert: Changes to Standard and Itemized Deductions and to State and Local Income Tax Rates from the 2025 Legislative Session (Dec 2025)
- Grant Thornton — Maryland enacts major tax hikes to address budget (June 2025)
- Comptroller of Maryland — Personal Exemption Amount Chart (Exemptions Worksheet)
- Fisher Phillips — Maryland Paid Family Leave Will Soon Take Effect: Employer FAQs
- Maryland General Assembly — HB 411 (2026 Regular Session), Income Tax – Standard Deduction – Alteration
- IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32 — 2026 federal brackets and standard deduction
- SSA — 2026 Social Security wage base