Medical and Health Services Managers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,514
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$33,806
28.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,101
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
$120,320
Kept after tax
$86,514
Worth in national money
$89,101
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maine pays this job around $120,320 at the midpoint, 24 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Maine this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 28 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $120,320, tax leaves $86,514, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $89,101 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $140,150, since top earners drag the number up.
- For medical and health services managers the Maine median is $120,320, ranking 24 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Maine publishes a median for, medical and health services managers sits 28 of 484 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for medical and health services managers — median $120,320 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $86,514 retained, $89,101 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $140,150 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Medical and Health Services Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $70,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $120,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $246,080 |
| This salary | $120,320 |
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 | $86,514 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,475 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,091 |
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 | $110,426 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,795 |
| 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 medical and health services managers in Maine earn under $120,320 and half over. The published range runs $70,000 at the tenth percentile to $246,080 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 $86,514, worked from $120,320. 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 28 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $89,101 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 28.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical and health services managers in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $70,000 to $246,080; 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 $86,514, on $120,320 for work ranking 28 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 28 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $89,101, worked from $120,320, 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 28 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 $140,150, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $70,000 and the top tenth $246,080 — 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 $89,101 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Maine adds its own income tax on top — which is why $86,514 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $140,150. 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 ($70,000) and the ninetieth ($246,080) 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 $89,101 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 $86,514 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.