Massage Therapists in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,762
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$16,528
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,460
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
$73,290
Kept after tax
$56,762
Worth in national money
$58,460
State rank
8
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maine pays massage therapists a middle wage of $73,290, ranking 8 of 50 states and sitting about 25.39% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Massage therapists ranks 152 among 484 occupations Maine publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $73,290, take-home of $56,762 is worth roughly $58,460 in national money. The average comes to $73,300, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maine's median for massage therapists is $73,290, about 25.39% above the national figure and 8 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 152 of 484 in Maine places massage therapists in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for massage therapists, whose median is $73,290, the adjusted figure of $58,460 differs little from $56,762 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $73,300 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Massage Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $119,580 |
| This salary | $73,290 |
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 | $56,762 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,390 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,686 |
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 | $68,134 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,091 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $73,290 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,450 and the ninetieth is $119,580 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $56,762 take-home in Maine comes from $73,290. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 152 of 484.
- Two cautions on $58,460, the adjusted value of that $73,290 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 152 of 484 locally.
- The Maine median of $73,290 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,450 to $119,580. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $56,762, from $73,290, assumes a single Maine filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 152 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 50 for it.
- This $58,460 adjusted figure, worked from $73,290, 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 152 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 152 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $32,450 and the top tenth $119,580 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $58,460 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $56,762.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($32,450) and the ninetieth ($119,580) 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 $58,460 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 $56,762 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.