Dietetic Technicians in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,640
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$7,680
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,676
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
$42,320
Kept after tax
$34,640
Worth in national money
$35,676
State rank
10
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine is one of the better-paying states for dietetic technicians. The middle earner takes $42,320, which ranks 10 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 12.43% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Maine, this one sits low: 427 of 484 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $42,320 the take-home is $34,640, which is worth about $35,676 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $43,920, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine ranks 10 of 45 states publishing a median for dietetic technicians, at $42,320 — about 12.43% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Dietetic technicians occupies position 427 of 484 in Maine's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for dietetic technicians on its $42,320 median: $34,640 retained after tax becomes $35,676 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $43,920 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Dietetic Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,820 |
| This salary | $42,320 |
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 | $34,640 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,184 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,560 |
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 | $40,398 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,887 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $42,320 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,260 and the ninetieth is $50,820 — 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 $34,640, worked from $42,320. 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 427 of 484.
- Two cautions on $35,676, the adjusted value of that $42,320 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 427 of 484 locally.
- The Maine median of $42,320 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,260 to $50,820. 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 $34,640, on $42,320 for work ranking 427 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 427 of 484 in the state.
- This $35,676 adjusted figure, worked from $42,320, 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 427 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 427 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $43,920 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $39,260 and the top tenth $50,820, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $35,676.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Maine then takes its own share, leaving $34,640.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $43,920. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,260 to $50,820) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Maine rather than a national figure.
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 $35,676 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 $34,640 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.