Occupational Health and Safety Specialists in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,181
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$25,459
26.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,339
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
$97,640
Kept after tax
$72,181
Worth in national money
$74,339
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $97,640, which ranks 10 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 8.31% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Maine reports, this job comes in at 66 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $97,640 the take-home is $72,181, which is worth about $74,339 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $92,890, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Maine ranks 10 of 51 states publishing a median for occupational health and safety specialists, at $97,640 — about 8.31% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Occupational health and safety specialists ranks 66 of 484 occupations by median in Maine, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for occupational health and safety specialists on its $97,640 median: $72,181 retained after tax becomes $74,339 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $92,890 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $118,280 |
| This salary | $97,640 |
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 | $72,181 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,520 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,435 |
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 | $90,051 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,507 |
| 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 occupational health and safety specialists in Maine earn under $97,640 and half over. The published range runs $58,580 at the tenth percentile to $118,280 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $72,181, from $97,640, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 66 of 484 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $74,339, the adjusted value of that $97,640 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 66 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational health and safety specialists in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $58,580 to $118,280; 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.
- Take-home for Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $72,181 from $97,640. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 66 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $74,339 — the adjusted value of that $97,640 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 66 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 $92,890 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $58,580 and the top tenth $118,280, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $74,339 in national terms.
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 $72,181 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $92,890. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($58,580 to $118,280) 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 $74,339 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 $72,181 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.