Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,710
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$24,020
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,794
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
$93,730
Kept after tax
$69,710
Worth in national money
$71,794
State rank
21
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $93,730, ranking 21 of 46 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Maine this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 76 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $93,730 the take-home is $69,710, which is worth about $71,794 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $122,260, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine occupies the middle band for medical scientists, except epidemiologists: a median of $93,730, ranking 21 of 46. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Maine publishes a median for, medical scientists, except epidemiologists sits 76 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.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for medical scientists, except epidemiologists on its $93,730 median: $69,710 retained after tax becomes $71,794 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $122,260 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $216,940 |
| This salary | $93,730 |
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 | $69,710 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,769 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,149 |
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 | $86,538 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,112 |
| 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 scientists, except epidemiologists in Maine earn under $93,730 and half over. The published range runs $62,970 at the tenth percentile to $216,940 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 $69,710, worked from $93,730. 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 76 of 484.
- Two cautions on $71,794, the adjusted value of that $93,730 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 76 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical scientists, except epidemiologists in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $62,970 to $216,940; 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 $69,710, on $93,730 for work ranking 76 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 76 of 484 in the state.
- This $71,794 adjusted figure, worked from $93,730, 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 76 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 76 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 $122,260, 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 $62,970 and the top tenth $216,940 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Maine is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $71,794 in national terms.
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, $69,710 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 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $122,260. 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 ($62,970) and the ninetieth ($216,940) 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 $71,794 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 $69,710 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.