Allegany County, Maryland Paycheck Calculator (2026)

Allegany County sits in Maryland's western panhandle around Cumberland, in the Appalachian ridge country where the state narrows to a few miles wide. Its local income tax rose to 3.2% for 2026, making it one of only two Maryland counties to move its rate this year, and the increase puts Allegany at the top of the state's range alongside the Baltimore and Washington suburbs. That is a notable place for a rural western county to land: residents now pay the same local rate as Montgomery County without the incomes that usually accompany it. Maryland's local tax is levied on the county of residence and computed on Maryland taxable net income, so the increase applies to every Allegany resident regardless of where they work, including the substantial number who commute into West Virginia or Pennsylvania. Cumberland's rail and healthcare employers and the Western Maryland tourism corridor anchor the local economy. At $85,000 single, federal tax is $9,870, Maryland state tax $3,826, FICA $6,503, and the county line $2,720, leaving $62,082.