Occupational Therapy Assistants in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,803
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$13,467
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,322
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
$64,270
Kept after tax
$50,803
Worth in national money
$52,322
State rank
36
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $64,270, ranking 36 of 50 states — about 11.11% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 187 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 $64,270 the take-home is $50,803, which is worth about $52,322 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $68,890, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine ranks 36 of 50 for occupational therapy assistants, with a median of $64,270 — about 11.11% 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.
- Occupational therapy assistants ranks 187 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 occupational therapy assistants on its $64,270 median: $50,803 retained after tax becomes $52,322 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $68,890 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,220 |
| This salary | $64,270 |
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 | $50,803 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,821 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,064 |
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 | $60,514 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,706 |
| 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 $64,270. The published range is $53,230 up to $81,220, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $50,803, worked from $64,270. 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 187 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,322, the adjusted value of that $64,270 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 187 of 484 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for occupational therapy assistants in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $53,230 to $81,220. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Maine take-home of $50,803, on $64,270 for work ranking 187 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 187 of 484 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $52,322 — the adjusted value of that $64,270 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 187 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 $68,890 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $53,230 at the bottom tenth to $81,220 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $52,322 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Maine then takes its own share, leaving $50,803.
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.
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 $68,890. 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 ($53,230 to $81,220) 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 $52,322 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 $50,803 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.