Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,801
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$10,239
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,051
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
$52,040
Kept after tax
$41,801
Worth in national money
$43,051
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maine pays this job around $52,040 at the midpoint, 21 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 484 occupations Maine reports figures for, this is number 295.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $52,040, tax leaves $41,801, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $43,051 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $55,200, since top earners drag the number up.
- For automotive service technicians and mechanics the Maine median is $52,040, ranking 21 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Maine's occupational distribution, automotive service technicians and mechanics sits at 295 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.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for automotive service technicians and mechanics — median $52,040 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $41,801 retained, $43,051 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $55,200 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,650 |
| This salary | $52,040 |
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 | $41,801 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,994 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,222 |
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 | $49,311 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,687 |
| 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 automotive service technicians and mechanics in Maine earn under $52,040 and half over. The published range runs $38,420 at the tenth percentile to $74,650 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $41,801, worked from $52,040. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 295 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,051, the adjusted value of that $52,040 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 295 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for automotive service technicians and mechanics in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,420 to $74,650; 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.
- The Maine take-home of $41,801, on $52,040 for work ranking 295 of 484 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 295 of 484 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $43,051 — the adjusted value of that $52,040 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 295 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $55,200, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,420 at the bottom tenth to $74,650 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $43,051.
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, $41,801 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $55,200. 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 ($38,420 to $74,650) 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 $43,051 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 $41,801 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.