Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,328
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$14,562
21.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,922
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
$67,890
Kept after tax
$53,328
Worth in national money
$54,922
State rank
43
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Maine pays this job a middle wage of $67,890, 43 of 50 states and about 15% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 484 occupations Maine reports figures for, this is number 168.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $67,890 the take-home is $53,328, which is worth about $54,922 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $75,560, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine's $67,890 median for aircraft mechanics and service technicians places it 43 of 50 states, about 15% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Maine's occupational distribution, aircraft mechanics and service technicians sits at 168 of 484 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for aircraft mechanics and service technicians on its $67,890 median: $53,328 retained after tax becomes $54,922 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $75,560 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $118,500 |
| This salary | $67,890 |
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 | $53,328 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,591 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,313 |
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 | $63,657 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,180 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of aircraft mechanics and service technicians in Maine earn under $67,890 and half over. The published range runs $57,000 at the tenth percentile to $118,500 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $53,328, from $67,890, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 168 of 484 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $54,922, the adjusted value of that $67,890 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 168 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for aircraft mechanics and service technicians in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $57,000 to $118,500; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $53,328 from $67,890. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 168 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $54,922 — the adjusted value of that $67,890 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 168 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 $75,560, 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 $57,000, the highest tenth $118,500, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $54,922.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Maine's own levy, $53,328 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $75,560. 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 ($57,000) and the ninetieth ($118,500) 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 $54,922 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 $53,328 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.