Maryland: what the state takes
Maryland charges its own income tax on top of federal tax. Here is the rate, the return, the date and where the official rules live.
Agency page last read 11 September 2026.
State rate
Banded
2025 Maryland state bands. County income tax of roughly 2.25% to 3.2% is extra
Resident return
Form 502
Comptroller of Maryland
Due
15 April, following the federal deadline
Weekends and holidays can push it on
Every Maryland county adds a local income tax collected on the same return.
Try a figure
Yearly income
How you file
Maryland tax
$3,382
Top state rate you touch
4.75%
- Kept before federal tax$57,766
- Federal income tax$13,852
- Maryland tax$3,382
Band by band
State deduction taken off first: $2,700. Taxed amount: $72,300.
- $0 to $1,000 at 2%$20
- $1,000 to $2,000 at 3%$30
- $2,000 to $3,000 at 4%$40
- $3,000 to $100,000 at 4.75%$3,292
Filing in Maryland
- Who collects it
- Comptroller of Maryland
- Return
- Form 502
- Deadline
- Usually 15 April, following the federal deadline
Federal comes on top
Whatever your state does, the IRS wants Form 1040 by 15 April, plus Social Security and Medicare through your wages or self employment tax. State tax paid can sometimes be deducted federally if you itemise, within a yearly cap.