Chiropractors in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,286
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$29,014
27.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,626
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
$107,300
Kept after tax
$78,286
Worth in national money
$80,626
State rank
3
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for chiropractors is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $107,300, putting the state 3 of 48 — about 35.48% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maine. It ranks 39 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $107,300, tax leaves $78,286, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $80,626 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $108,320, since top earners drag the number up.
- For chiropractors, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $107,300, ranking 3 of 48 and running about 35.48% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Maine, chiropractors ranks 39 of 484 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for chiropractors — median $107,300 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $78,286 retained, $80,626 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $108,320 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Chiropractors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $168,200 |
| This salary | $107,300 |
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 | $78,286 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,316 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,140 |
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 | $98,729 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,482 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $107,300 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,740 and the ninetieth is $168,200 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $78,286, worked from $107,300. 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 39 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $80,626 uses one figure for the whole of Maine. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 484 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 39.
- The Maine median of $107,300 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,740 to $168,200. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Maine take-home of $78,286, on $107,300 for work ranking 39 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 39 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $80,626, worked from $107,300, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Maine address, on work sitting at 39 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $51,740, the highest tenth $168,200, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $80,626 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, $78,286 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($51,740) and the ninetieth ($168,200) 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 $80,626 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 $78,286 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.