Paramedics in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,905
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$13,145
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,397
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
$63,050
Kept after tax
$49,905
Worth in national money
$51,397
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maine pays paramedics around $63,050 at the midpoint, 19 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Paramedics ranks 204 among 484 occupations Maine publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $63,050, take-home of $49,905 is worth roughly $51,397 in national money. The average comes to $65,870, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For paramedics the Maine median is $63,050, ranking 19 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 204 of 484 in Maine places paramedics in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for paramedics, whose median is $63,050, the adjusted figure of $51,397 differs little from $49,905 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $65,870 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Paramedics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,340 |
| This salary | $63,050 |
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 | $49,905 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,841 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,980 |
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 | $59,396 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,604 |
| 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 $63,050. The published range is $54,810 up to $78,340, 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 $49,905, worked from $63,050. 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 204 of 484.
- Two cautions on $51,397, the adjusted value of that $63,050 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Maine. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 204 of 484 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for paramedics in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $54,810 to $78,340. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Maine take-home of $49,905, on $63,050 for work ranking 204 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 204 of 484 in the state.
- This $51,397 adjusted figure, worked from $63,050, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 204 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 204 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $65,870, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $54,810 at the tenth percentile, $78,340 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 $51,397 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 $49,905 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 $65,870. 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 ($54,810 to $78,340) 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 $51,397 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 $49,905 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.