Business Teachers, Postsecondary in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,086
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$20,164
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,972
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
$83,250
Kept after tax
$63,086
Worth in national money
$64,972
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $83,250, ranking 33 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Maine this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 101 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $83,250, tax leaves $63,086, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $64,972 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $98,850, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maine occupies the middle band for business teachers, postsecondary: a median of $83,250, ranking 33 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Maine publishes a median for, business teachers, postsecondary sits 101 of 484 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for business teachers, postsecondary — median $83,250 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $63,086 retained, $64,972 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $98,850 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Business Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $169,920 |
| This salary | $83,250 |
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 | $63,086 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,396 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,383 |
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 | $77,123 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,055 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Maine earn less than $83,250. The published range is $51,250 up to $169,920, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $63,086, worked from $83,250. 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 101 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $64,972, the adjusted value of that $83,250 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 101 of 484 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for business teachers, postsecondary in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $51,250 to $169,920. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Maine take-home of $63,086, on $83,250 for work ranking 101 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 101 of 484 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $64,972 — the adjusted value of that $83,250 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 101 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 $98,850, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $51,250 and the top tenth $169,920 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $64,972 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 $63,086 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $98,850. 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 ($51,250) and the ninetieth ($169,920) 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 $64,972 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 $63,086 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.