Baltimore Paycheck Calculator

Baltimore residents pay a 3.2% Baltimore City local income tax on top of state and federal taxes; non-residents pay no city tax. Charged on Maryland taxable income - the same base as the state tax, after Maryland's deduction - not on gross wages. Figures are 2025 rates. Every Maryland county levies a local income tax and Baltimore City charges the 3.2% maximum. It follows residence, not workplace: city residents owe it wherever they work, and non-resident commuters instead pay their home county's rate (2.25%-3.2%). Withheld together with Maryland state tax as one combined amount.

A single filer paid every two weeks takes home about $2,150 per check, or $55,905 a year, after federal tax, Maryland state tax, Social Security, Medicare and about $2,310 of Baltimore Baltimore City local income tax - an overall effective rate of 25.5%.

No. The Baltimore City local income tax applies only to Baltimore residents. Commuting into the city from outside costs nothing in city tax, though your own city or county may levy its own.

$25/hour at 40 hours a week is $52,000 a year. A single filer living in Baltimore takes home about $1,542 per biweekly check - $40,103 a year after federal tax, Maryland state tax, Social Security, Medicare and the Baltimore City local income tax. Use the calculator's hourly mode above for your own rate, hours and overtime.

Generally yes - employers in Baltimore withhold it each pay period alongside federal and Maryland withholding, so it shows up as its own line on the pay stub. Withheld together with Maryland state tax as one combined amount.