Compared with the local labor market
Physician III pay vs. Maine
Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Physicians, All Other — about 1,340 people — is $419,410. Department of Health&Human Services Rpc pays a median base salary of $230,368 for this role, 45% below that figure — about the 13th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department of Health&Human Services Rpc sits in the local pay range
$211,500
$312,930
$419,410
$442,790
$442,790
Department of Health&Human Services Rpc median · $230,368
The bar is the range of annual wages for Physicians, All Other across every employer in Maine, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Health&Human Services Rpc’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Physicians, All Other — about 342,720 people — is $265,930. Department of Health&Human Services Rpc’s median base salary is 13% below that national figure, about the 45th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$69,170
$102,930
$265,930
$378,770
$452,360
Department of Health&Human Services Rpc median · $230,368
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Maine range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Health&Human Services Rpc is $275,817, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across Maine
Physician III is held in 2 Maine departments. In Department of Health&Human Services Rpc, the median of $275,817 ranks #1 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Physician III role in other Mainedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.