Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,328
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$19,722
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,191
Maine costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Maine — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$82,050
Kept after tax
$62,328
Worth in national money
$64,191
State rank
18
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $82,050, ranking 18 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Maine reports, this job comes in at 109 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $82,050 the take-home is $62,328, which is worth about $64,191 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $75,050, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Maine occupies the middle band for cardiovascular technologists and technicians: a median of $82,050, ranking 18 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Cardiovascular technologists and technicians ranks 109 of 484 occupations by median in Maine, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for cardiovascular technologists and technicians on its $82,050 median: $62,328 retained after tax becomes $64,191 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $75,050 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,830 |
| This salary | $82,050 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Maine | $62,328 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,552 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,296 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $76,045 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,934 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Maine earn less than $82,050. The published range is $46,380 up to $105,830, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $62,328, worked from $82,050. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 109 of 484.
- Two cautions on $64,191, the adjusted value of that $82,050 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Maine. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 109 of 484 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for cardiovascular technologists and technicians in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,380 to $105,830. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Maine take-home of $62,328, on $82,050 for work ranking 109 of 484 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 109 of 484 in the state.
- This $64,191 adjusted figure, worked from $82,050, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 109 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 109 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $75,050, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $46,380 at the bottom tenth to $105,830 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Maine sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $64,191 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Maine's own levy, $62,328 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Maine is $75,050. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($46,380) and the ninetieth ($105,830) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Maine's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $64,191 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $62,328 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Maine income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.