Veterinarians in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$92,835
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$37,765
28.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$95,611
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
$130,600
Kept after tax
$92,835
Worth in national money
$95,611
State rank
16
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for veterinarians is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $130,600, putting the state 16 of 49 — about 0.38% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maine. It ranks 20 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $130,600 the take-home is $92,835, which is worth about $95,611 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $136,620, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For veterinarians, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $130,600, ranking 16 of 49 and running about 0.38% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Maine, veterinarians ranks 20 of 484 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for veterinarians on its $130,600 median: $92,835 retained after tax becomes $95,611 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $136,620 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Veterinarians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $81,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $130,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $194,680 |
| This salary | $130,600 |
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 | $92,835 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,531 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,843 |
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 | $119,411 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,083 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $130,600 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $81,780 and the ninetieth is $194,680 — 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 $92,835, worked from $130,600. 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 20 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $95,611, the adjusted value of that $130,600 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 20 of 484 in the state.
- The Maine median of $130,600 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $81,780 to $194,680. 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 $92,835, on $130,600 for work ranking 20 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 20 of 484 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $95,611 — the adjusted value of that $130,600 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 20 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 $136,620, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $81,780, the highest tenth $194,680, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $95,611 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 $92,835 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $136,620. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($81,780) and the ninetieth ($194,680) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $95,611 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 $92,835 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.