Rehabilitation Counselors in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,146
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$10,004
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,377
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
$51,150
Kept after tax
$41,146
Worth in national money
$42,377
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine is one of the better-paying states for rehabilitation counselors. The middle earner takes $51,150, which ranks 11 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 9.18% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Rehabilitation counselors ranks 298 among 484 occupations Maine publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $51,150 the take-home is $41,146, which is worth about $42,377 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $53,320, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine ranks 11 of 51 states publishing a median for rehabilitation counselors, at $51,150 — about 9.18% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 298 of 484 in Maine places rehabilitation counselors 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.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for rehabilitation counselors on its $51,150 median: $41,146 retained after tax becomes $42,377 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $53,320 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Rehabilitation Counselors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,410 |
| This salary | $51,150 |
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 | $41,146 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,279 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,161 |
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 | $48,496 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,613 |
| 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 rehabilitation counselors in Maine earn under $51,150 and half over. The published range runs $38,550 at the tenth percentile to $74,410 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $41,146 take-home in Maine comes from $51,150. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 298 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,377 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 298.
- Figures are distribution medians for rehabilitation counselors in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,550 to $74,410; 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.
- Retained pay of $41,146, from $51,150, assumes a single Maine filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 298 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,377, worked from $51,150, 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 298 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $53,320 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,550 at the tenth percentile, $74,410 at the ninetieth.
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 $42,377 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $41,146.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $53,320. 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 ($38,550 to $74,410) 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 $42,377 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 $41,146 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.