Pediatricians, General in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$164,562
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$81,358
33.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$169,483
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
$245,920
Kept after tax
$164,562
Worth in national money
$169,483
State rank
9
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for pediatricians, general is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $245,920, putting the state 9 of 49 — about 17.08% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Maine this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, pediatricians, general ranks 3 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $245,920, tax leaves $164,562, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $169,483 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $243,380.
- For pediatricians, general, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $245,920, ranking 9 of 49 and running about 17.08% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Maine publishes a median for, pediatricians, general sits 3 of 484 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for pediatricians, general — median $245,920 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $164,562 retained, $169,483 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $243,380 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Pediatricians, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $117,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $245,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $344,790 |
| This salary | $245,920 |
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 | $164,562 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $180,503 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,268 |
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 | $221,638 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$24,080 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $245,920 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $117,960 and the ninetieth is $344,790 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $164,562, worked from $245,920. 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 3 of 484.
- Two cautions on $169,483, the adjusted value of that $245,920 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 3 of 484 locally.
- The Maine median of $245,920 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $117,960 to $344,790. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Maine take-home of $164,562, on $245,920 for work ranking 3 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 3 of 484 in the state.
- This $169,483 adjusted figure, worked from $245,920, 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 3 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 3 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $117,960 and the top tenth $344,790 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $169,483 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $164,562 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($117,960) and the ninetieth ($344,790) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $169,483 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 $164,562 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.