Insights / Healthcare pay below the U.S. median / Maine
5 healthcare jobs where pay in Maine lags the U.S. median
The wide pay lag in Maine is Occupational Therapists at about $84.3K, 16% under the national median.
Flag Occupational Therapists before the other lags in Maine. The state median is about $84.3K, 16% under the national median.
Anything above 0.97 times the national median is left off the Maine list. Occupational Therapists is the case to brief.
Even the last Maine row, Physical Therapists, stays short of the country: about $99.7K, 3% under the national median.
Each occupation
1Occupational Therapists
- State median
- $84,310
- U.S. median
- $100,330
- State vs U.S.
- 0.84
2Speech-Language Pathologists
- State median
- $82,660
- U.S. median
- $97,870
- State vs U.S.
- 0.84
3Registered Nurses
- State median
- $86,990
- U.S. median
- $97,550
- State vs U.S.
- 0.89
4Physician Assistants
- State median
- $131,170
- U.S. median
- $135,880
- State vs U.S.
- 0.97
5Physical Therapists
- State median
- $99,720
- U.S. median
- $102,760
- State vs U.S.
- 0.97
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | State median | U.S. median | State vs U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Occupational Therapists | $84,310 | $100,330 | 0.84 |
| 2 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $82,660 | $97,870 | 0.84 |
| 3 | Registered Nurses | $86,990 | $97,550 | 0.89 |
| 4 | Physician Assistants | $131,170 | $135,880 | 0.97 |
| 5 | Physical Therapists | $99,720 | $102,760 | 0.97 |
Takeaways
- The widest Maine lag is Occupational Therapists, 16% under the national median.
- Put about $84.3K on the Maine offer and about $100.3K on the national comparison.
- Physical Therapists closes the Maine lags at about $99.7K, 3% under the national median.
- The Maine cutoff for this table is 0.97 times the national median.
For recruiters
- Clear the local median for Occupational Therapists.
- Show both medians before the offer goes out.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
An occupation is included only when the Maine OEWS median is at most 0.97 times the U.S. median for the same occupation. The 5 lowest comparisons are shown. States with fewer than 5 such occupations are omitted, rather than filled with occupations at or above the U.S. median. OEWS May 2025. Sorted by the lowest comparison, Maine is 20 of 31. A row links to the Maine metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $84,310 is stated as about $84.3K. $100,330 is stated as about $100.3K. a comparison of 0.84 is stated as 16 percent. $99,720 is stated as about $99.7K. $102,760 is stated as about $102.8K. a comparison of 0.97 is stated as 3 percent.
Sources
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