Physical Therapist Assistants in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,260
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$13,990
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,823
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
$66,250
Kept after tax
$52,260
Worth in national money
$53,823
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine sits in the middle of the pack for physical therapist assistants. The median is $66,250, ranking 22 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Physical therapist assistants ranks 176 among 484 occupations Maine publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $66,250, tax leaves $52,260, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $53,823 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $67,300, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maine occupies the middle band for physical therapist assistants: a median of $66,250, ranking 22 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 176 of 484 in Maine places physical therapist assistants 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.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for physical therapist assistants — median $66,250 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $52,260 retained, $53,823 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $67,300 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Physical Therapist Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,530 |
| This salary | $66,250 |
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 | $52,260 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,412 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,200 |
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 | $62,327 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,870 |
| 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 physical therapist assistants in Maine earn under $66,250 and half over. The published range runs $53,440 at the tenth percentile to $80,530 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $52,260, from $66,250, 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 176 of 484 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $53,823, the adjusted value of that $66,250 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 176 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for physical therapist assistants in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $53,440 to $80,530; 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 $52,260 from $66,250. 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 176 of 484 locally.
- This $53,823 adjusted figure, worked from $66,250, 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 176 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 176 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $53,440 at the tenth percentile, $80,530 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 $53,823 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 $52,260 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($53,440 to $80,530) 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 $53,823 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 $52,260 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.