Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,081
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$18,999
23.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,907
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
$80,080
Kept after tax
$61,081
Worth in national money
$62,907
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maine is 23 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $80,080. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Maine reports, this job comes in at 120 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $80,080, take-home of $61,081 is worth roughly $62,907 in national money. The average comes to $80,760, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maine ranks 23 of 51 for radiologic technologists and technicians at $80,080. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Radiologic technologists and technicians ranks 120 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.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for radiologic technologists and technicians, whose median is $80,080, the adjusted figure of $62,907 differs little from $61,081 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $80,760 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,640 |
| This salary | $80,080 |
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 | $61,081 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,166 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,154 |
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 | $74,273 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,737 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $80,080 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $62,210 and the ninetieth is $102,640 — 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 $61,081, worked from $80,080. 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 120 of 484.
- Two cautions on $62,907, the adjusted value of that $80,080 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 120 of 484 locally.
- The Maine median of $80,080 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $62,210 to $102,640. 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 $61,081, on $80,080 for work ranking 120 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 120 of 484 in the state.
- This $62,907 adjusted figure, worked from $80,080, 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 120 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 120 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $62,210 at the tenth percentile, $102,640 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 $62,907 in national terms.
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, $61,081 remains.
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 ($62,210 to $102,640) 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 $62,907 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 $61,081 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.