Physical Therapists in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,495
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$26,225
26.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,693
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
$99,720
Kept after tax
$73,495
Worth in national money
$75,693
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for physical therapists is on the low side in Maine. The middle earner gets $99,720. That is 36 of 51 states, and about 2.96% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Maine reports, physical therapists comes in at 58 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $99,720, tax leaves $73,495, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $75,693 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $97,950.
- For physical therapists, Maine sits in the lower band at $99,720, ranking 36 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 2.96%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Physical therapists ranks 58 of 484 occupations by median in Maine, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for physical therapists — median $99,720 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $73,495 retained, $75,693 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $97,950 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Physical Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,030 |
| This salary | $99,720 |
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 | $73,495 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,983 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,587 |
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 | $91,919 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,717 |
| 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 therapists in Maine earn under $99,720 and half over. The published range runs $78,020 at the tenth percentile to $121,030 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $73,495, worked from $99,720. 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 58 of 484.
- Two cautions on $75,693, the adjusted value of that $99,720 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 58 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for physical therapists in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $78,020 to $121,030; 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.
- The Maine take-home of $73,495, on $99,720 for work ranking 58 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 58 of 484 in the state.
- This $75,693 adjusted figure, worked from $99,720, 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 58 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 58 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $78,020 and the top tenth $121,030, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $75,693.
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 $73,495.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($78,020 to $121,030) 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 $75,693 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 $73,495 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.