Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,291
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$8,979
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,436
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
$47,270
Kept after tax
$38,291
Worth in national money
$39,436
State rank
24
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $47,270, ranking 24 of 45 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 359 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $47,270 the take-home is $38,291, which is worth about $39,436 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $51,180, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine occupies the middle band for automotive glass installers and repairers: a median of $47,270, ranking 24 of 45. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Automotive glass installers and repairers ranks 359 of 484 occupations in Maine by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for automotive glass installers and repairers on its $47,270 median: $38,291 retained after tax becomes $39,436 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $51,180 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,040 |
| This salary | $47,270 |
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 | $38,291 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,161 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,893 |
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 | $44,942 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,290 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,270 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $41,350 and the ninetieth is $64,040 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $38,291, from $47,270, 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 359 of 484 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,436 uses one figure for the whole of Maine. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 484 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 359.
- The Maine median of $47,270 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $41,350 to $64,040. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,291 from $47,270. 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 359 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,436, worked from $47,270, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Maine address, on work sitting at 359 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $51,180 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $41,350 at the bottom tenth to $64,040 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $39,436 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 $38,291 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 $51,180. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($41,350 to $64,040) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Maine rather than a national figure.
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 $39,436 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 $38,291 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.