Orderlies in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,797
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$7,733
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,837
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
$42,530
Kept after tax
$34,797
Worth in national money
$35,837
State rank
10
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for orderlies is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $42,530, putting the state 10 of 47 — about 11.07% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 484 occupations Maine publishes, orderlies lands at 425. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $42,530, take-home of $34,797 is worth roughly $35,837 in national money. The average comes to $42,880, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For orderlies, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $42,530, ranking 10 of 47 and running about 11.07% 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.
- Within Maine, this work ranks 425 of 484 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for orderlies, whose median is $42,530, the adjusted figure of $35,837 differs little from $34,797 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $42,880 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Orderlies
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,980 |
| This salary | $42,530 |
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 | $34,797 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,353 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,573 |
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 | $40,593 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,902 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $42,530 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,410 and the ninetieth is $45,980 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $34,797 take-home in Maine comes from $42,530. 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 425 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,837 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 425.
- The Maine median of $42,530 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,410 to $45,980. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $34,797, from $42,530, 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 425 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,837, worked from $42,530, 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 425 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,410 at the tenth percentile, $45,980 at the ninetieth.
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 $35,837 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, $34,797 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 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 ($39,410 to $45,980) 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 $35,837 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 $34,797 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.