Occupational Therapists in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,756
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$20,554
24.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,662
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
$84,310
Kept after tax
$63,756
Worth in national money
$65,662
State rank
49
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine is among the lower-paying states for occupational therapists. The middle earner takes $84,310, ranking 49 of 51 states — about 15.97% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maine. It ranks 94 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $84,310, tax leaves $63,756, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $65,662 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $87,900, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maine ranks 49 of 51 for occupational therapists, with a median of $84,310 — about 15.97% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Within Maine, occupational therapists ranks 94 of 484 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for occupational therapists — median $84,310 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $63,756 retained, $65,662 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $87,900 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $114,100 |
| This salary | $84,310 |
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 | $63,756 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,142 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,461 |
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 | $78,076 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,162 |
| 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 therapists in Maine earn under $84,310 and half over. The published range runs $63,750 at the tenth percentile to $114,100 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $63,756, from $84,310, 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 94 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 $65,662, the adjusted value of that $84,310 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 94 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational therapists in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $63,750 to $114,100; 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 $63,756 from $84,310. 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 94 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $65,662 — the adjusted value of that $84,310 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 94 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 $87,900, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $63,750 and the top tenth $114,100, 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 $65,662 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, $63,756 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $87,900. 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 ($63,750 to $114,100) 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 $65,662 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 $63,756 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.