Dietitians and Nutritionists in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,053
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$13,557
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,579
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
$64,610
Kept after tax
$51,053
Worth in national money
$52,579
State rank
48
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Maine pays dietitians and nutritionists a middle wage of $64,610, 48 of 51 states and about 15.43% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 183 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $64,610, take-home of $51,053 is worth roughly $52,579 in national money. The average comes to $72,160, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maine's $64,610 median for dietitians and nutritionists places it 48 of 51 states, about 15.43% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Dietitians and nutritionists ranks 183 of 484 occupations in Maine by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for dietitians and nutritionists, whose median is $64,610, the adjusted figure of $52,579 differs little from $51,053 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $72,160 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Dietitians and Nutritionists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,180 |
| This salary | $64,610 |
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 | $51,053 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,094 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,087 |
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 | $60,825 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,734 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of dietitians and nutritionists in Maine earn under $64,610 and half over. The published range runs $35,360 at the tenth percentile to $129,180 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $51,053, worked from $64,610. 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 183 of 484.
- Two cautions on $52,579, the adjusted value of that $64,610 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 183 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for dietitians and nutritionists in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,360 to $129,180; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Maine take-home of $51,053, on $64,610 for work ranking 183 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 183 of 484 in the state.
- This $52,579 adjusted figure, worked from $64,610, 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 183 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 183 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 $72,160 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $35,360, the highest tenth $129,180, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $52,579.
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 $51,053.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $72,160. 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 ($35,360) and the ninetieth ($129,180) 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 $52,579 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 $51,053 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.