School Psychologists in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,075
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$19,575
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,931
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
$81,650
Kept after tax
$62,075
Worth in national money
$63,931
State rank
31
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine sits in the middle of the pack for school psychologists. The median is $81,650, ranking 31 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Maine reports, school psychologists comes in at 113 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $81,650, tax leaves $62,075, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $63,931 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $89,820, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maine occupies the middle band for school psychologists: a median of $81,650, ranking 31 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.
- School psychologists ranks 113 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 school psychologists — median $81,650 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $62,075 retained, $63,931 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $89,820 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: School Psychologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $118,450 |
| This salary | $81,650 |
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 | $62,075 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,271 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,266 |
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 | $75,686 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,893 |
| 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 $81,650. The published range is $66,960 up to $118,450, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $62,075, from $81,650, 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 113 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 $63,931 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 113.
- Reported values are medians; for school psychologists in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $66,960 to $118,450. 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 $62,075 from $81,650. 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 113 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $63,931, worked from $81,650, 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 113 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 $89,820, 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 — $66,960 at the tenth percentile, $118,450 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 $63,931 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 $62,075.
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 $89,820. 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 ($66,960 to $118,450) 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 $63,931 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 $62,075 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.