Baggage Porters and Bellhops in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,577
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$6,293
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,491
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
$36,870
Kept after tax
$30,577
Worth in national money
$31,491
State rank
14
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for baggage porters and bellhops is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $36,870, putting the state 14 of 48 — about 0.57% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in Maine, this one sits low: 466 of 484 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $36,870 the take-home is $30,577, which is worth about $31,491 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $36,190, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For baggage porters and bellhops, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $36,870, ranking 14 of 48 and running about 0.57% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Baggage porters and bellhops occupies position 466 of 484 in Maine's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for baggage porters and bellhops on its $36,870 median: $30,577 retained after tax becomes $31,491 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $36,190 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Baggage Porters and Bellhops
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,870 |
| Top tenth earn over | $39,020 |
| This salary | $36,870 |
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 | $30,577 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,805 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,238 |
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 | $35,342 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,498 |
| 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 baggage porters and bellhops in Maine earn under $36,870 and half over. The published range runs $31,520 at the tenth percentile to $39,020 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $30,577 take-home in Maine comes from $36,870. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 466 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $31,491 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 466.
- Figures are distribution medians for baggage porters and bellhops in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,520 to $39,020; 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.
- Retained pay of $30,577, from $36,870, assumes a single Maine filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 466 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $31,491, worked from $36,870, 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 466 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,520 and the top tenth $39,020, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $31,491.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Maine then takes its own share, leaving $30,577.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,520 to $39,020) 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 $31,491 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 $30,577 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.