Speech-Language Pathologists in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,713
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$19,947
24.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,588
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
$82,660
Kept after tax
$62,713
Worth in national money
$64,588
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for speech-language pathologists is on the low side in Maine. The middle earner gets $82,660. That is 40 of 51 states, and about 15.54% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Maine this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, speech-language pathologists ranks 106 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $82,660, tax leaves $62,713, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $64,588 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $83,690, since top earners drag the number up.
- For speech-language pathologists, Maine sits in the lower band at $82,660, ranking 40 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 15.54%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Maine publishes a median for, speech-language pathologists sits 106 of 484 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for speech-language pathologists — median $82,660 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $62,713 retained, $64,588 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $83,690 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Speech-Language Pathologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $108,580 |
| This salary | $82,660 |
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 | $62,713 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,981 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,340 |
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 | $76,593 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,995 |
| 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 $82,660. The published range is $54,010 up to $108,580, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $62,713, worked from $82,660. 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 106 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $64,588 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 106.
- Reported values are medians; for speech-language pathologists in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $54,010 to $108,580. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Maine take-home of $62,713, on $82,660 for work ranking 106 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 106 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $64,588, worked from $82,660, 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 106 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $54,010 and the top tenth $108,580, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $64,588 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 $62,713 of this wage survives to your account.
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 ($54,010 to $108,580) 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 $64,588 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 $62,713 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.