Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,395
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$15,745
22.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,051
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
$71,140
Kept after tax
$55,395
Worth in national money
$57,051
State rank
19
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maine is 19 of 46 states for this job, with a middle wage of $71,140. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 162 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $71,140, take-home of $55,395 is worth roughly $57,051 in national money. The average lands at $65,690, below the middle of the range.
- Maine ranks 19 of 46 for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists at $71,140. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists ranks 162 of 484 occupations in Maine by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists, whose median is $71,140, the adjusted figure of $57,051 differs little from $55,395 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $65,690 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,990 |
| This salary | $71,140 |
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 | $55,395 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,877 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,537 |
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 | $66,229 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,856 |
| 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 $71,140. The published range is $53,790 up to $73,990, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $55,395, from $71,140, 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 162 of 484 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $57,051 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 162.
- Reported values are medians; for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $53,790 to $73,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $55,395 from $71,140. 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 162 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $57,051, worked from $71,140, 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 162 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $65,690, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $53,790 at the tenth percentile, $73,990 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 $57,051 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 $55,395 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $65,690. 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 ($53,790 to $73,990) 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 $57,051 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 $55,395 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.