Medical Transcriptionists in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,270
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$9,330
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,444
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
$48,600
Kept after tax
$39,270
Worth in national money
$40,444
State rank
3
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for medical transcriptionists is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $48,600, putting the state 3 of 50 — about 20.27% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 330 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $48,600 the take-home is $39,270, which is worth about $40,444 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $49,150, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For medical transcriptionists, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $48,600, ranking 3 of 50 and running about 20.27% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Medical transcriptionists ranks 330 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.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for medical transcriptionists on its $48,600 median: $39,270 retained after tax becomes $40,444 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $49,150 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Medical Transcriptionists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,440 |
| This salary | $48,600 |
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 | $39,270 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,230 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,985 |
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 | $46,160 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,401 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Maine earn less than $48,600. The published range is $40,280 up to $58,440, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,270 take-home in Maine comes from $48,600. 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 330 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,444 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 330.
- Reported values are medians; for medical transcriptionists in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,280 to $58,440. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,270, from $48,600, 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 330 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,444, worked from $48,600, 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 330 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $40,280 and the top tenth $58,440, 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 $40,444.
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 $39,270 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,280 to $58,440) 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 $40,444 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 $39,270 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.