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MD / DO salary in Maine
What MD / DO roles are advertised at, and the Maine factors that change the number.
How much does a MD / DO earn in Maine?
MD / DO advertised pay by experience
- Entry
- $250k
- First role after certification
- Mid-career
- $300k
- Two to five years, full caseload
- Senior
- $360k
- Supervisory scope or specialist skill
Official Maine wage data
Federal wage data for Maine puts the median for psychiatrists at $300,180 a year, with the middle of the market between $110,690 and $328,390 and about 80 people employed in the state (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025).
- Median
- $300,180
- Mean
- $275,050
- 10th percentile
- $110,690
- 90th percentile
- $328,390
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. State wage tables
What changes a MD / DO offer in Maine
- Psychiatrist practice in Maine is regulated by the state nursing or medical board that issues the credential, not by the counseling boards. We do not publish ME-specific requirements for this credential, so confirm them with that board before you accept a start date.
- Setting: Inpatient psychiatry, Outpatient clinics, Telepsychiatry price differently for the same credential.
- Caseload cap and billable or productivity target, which decide whether a bonus is real.
- Metro cost of living within the state; a city premium is not the same as a better offer.
- Scarcity: Severe shortage in child and adolescent psychiatry and in rural and community settings.
How to read the ME figures
The federal estimates above are the official Maine picture for psychiatrists, published annually and lagging the market by about a year. What we publish alongside them is what we actually see advertised on roles we recruit today. Use the federal median as a floor for negotiation and the advertised range as the live signal.
Bureau of Labor Statistics wage dataLast reviewed August 2026.
Live MD / DO roles in Maine
No live MD / DO roles in Maine right now. Tell us your license status and target setting and we will contact you when the next Maine search opens.
Join the talent networkHow to work as a MD / DO in Maine
- 1
Confirm the credential
State medical licensure and ABPN board certification. This is the baseline every Maine employer screens on before anything else.
- 2
Check the ME requirement
Psychiatrist practice in Maine is regulated by the state nursing or medical board that issues the credential, not by the counseling boards. We do not publish ME-specific requirements for this credential, so confirm them with that board before you accept a start date.
- 3
Check the multi-state routes
PSYPACT: member; Counseling Compact: enacted (privileges not yet live) Compact participation changes, so confirm the current position with the Maine board rather than a secondary source.
- 4
Build board processing into your start date
Processing time, not eligibility, is the usual cause of a delayed start. Agree a start date with the licensing timeline already in it.
- 5
Match the credential to open work
Compare the advertised range for MD / DO roles, roughly $250k – $360k, against the live Maine vacancies on this page, or join the talent network to be contacted when the next Maine search opens.
Continue with MD / DO in Maine
- MD / DO jobs in MaineEvery live MD / DO vacancy we hold in ME
- All MD / DO jobsThe national board for this credential
- National MD / DO salary guideEntry, mid-career and senior figures
- Maine market and licensureMetros, boards and compact status
- Licensure compacts and multi-state practicePSYPACT, the Counseling Compact and the Social Work Licensure Compact, state by state, and what each one does and does not let a clinician do.
- Changing states as a behavioral health clinicianA practical sequence for moving states: credential first, license second, offer third, with the market context that decides whether the move pays.
- US behavioral health pay benchmarksWhat BCBA, RBT, SLP, OT, LCSW, LPC and PMHNP roles are advertised at across the US, by credential and experience level, and the four factors that move an offer more than tenure does.
MD / DO pay and licensure in Maine: common questions
- Do you need a license to work as a MD / DO in Maine?
- Psychiatrist practice in Maine is regulated by the state nursing or medical board that issues the credential, not by the counseling boards. We do not publish ME-specific requirements for this credential, so confirm them with that board before you accept a start date. Confirm the current position with the Maine board before you accept a start date, as processing time is the usual cause of a delayed start.
- What is the average MD / DO salary in Maine?
- Federal wage data for Maine puts the median for psychiatrists at $300,180 a year, with the middle of the market between $110,690 and $328,390 and about 80 people employed in the state (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). Advertised pay on the MD / DO roles we recruit nationally sits at roughly $250k – $360k, and offers land inside that band according to setting, caseload and metro cost of living.
- Does MD / DO pay in Maine differ from the rest of the US?
- We publish advertised pay on the roles we recruit, not a Maine average. Across the US those MD / DO roles are advertised at roughly $250k – $360k, and where a Maine offer lands inside that band is driven by setting, caseload and metro cost of living. For an official comparison, Maine median pay for psychiatrists is $300,180; treat that as a negotiating floor.
- Where are the MD / DO jobs in Maine?
- A small market with an ageing workforce. Employers compete on schedule control and caseload size rather than headline salary. The live MD / DO vacancies we hold in Maine are listed on this page; when nothing is open there today, the national MD / DO board carries every role we currently hold.
- Who employs MD / DOs in Maine?
- The employers hiring this credential are inpatient psychiatry, outpatient clinics, telepsychiatry, residential treatment, academic centers. Which of those dominates in Maine follows the local funding and provider mix rather than any national pattern, and it is the single biggest driver of what an offer looks like: the same MD / DO is priced differently by a center-based provider, a school district and a hospital system.
- What do employers look for when hiring a MD / DO in Maine?
- First, the credential and the right to practise: state medical licensure and abpn board certification. Psychiatrist practice in Maine is regulated by the state nursing or medical board that issues the credential, not by the counseling boards. We do not publish ME-specific requirements for this credential, so confirm them with that board before you accept a start date. After that, hiring managers screen on the specifics of the work — caseload size you have carried, the settings you have worked in, supervision responsibility, and documentation or payer experience. Availability matters too: a realistic start date that accounts for board processing usually beats a stronger resume that cannot start.
- What does the salary range on this page actually mean?
- Two different things, kept separate on purpose. $250k – $360k is what MD / DO roles we recruit are advertised at across the US — a live market signal, not a survey. The federal figures are official Maine estimates for psychiatrists: $300,180 median, with $110,690 at the 10th percentile and $328,390 at the 90th. They cover the whole occupation in the state, are published annually and lag the market by roughly a year, so read the median as a negotiating floor rather than a target. Neither number is an offer; where you land inside a range is set by setting, caseload and metro cost of living.
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Hiring MD / DOs in Maine
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Child and adolescent fellowship-trained psychiatrists are the hardest hire in behavioral health, full stop.