Carpenters in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,250
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$12,910
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,722
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
$62,160
Kept after tax
$49,250
Worth in national money
$50,722
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine is one of the better-paying states for carpenters. The middle earner takes $62,160, which ranks 17 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 2.61% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 214 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 $62,160 the take-home is $49,250, which is worth about $50,722 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $63,300, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine ranks 17 of 51 states publishing a median for carpenters, at $62,160 — about 2.61% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Carpenters ranks 214 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 carpenters on its $62,160 median: $49,250 retained after tax becomes $50,722 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $63,300 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Carpenters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,240 |
| This salary | $62,160 |
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 | $49,250 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,126 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,919 |
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 | $58,581 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,530 |
| 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 $62,160. The published range is $47,130 up to $78,240, 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 $49,250, worked from $62,160. 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 214 of 484.
- Two cautions on $50,722, the adjusted value of that $62,160 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Maine. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 214 of 484 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for carpenters in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,130 to $78,240. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Maine take-home of $49,250, on $62,160 for work ranking 214 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 214 of 484 in the state.
- This $50,722 adjusted figure, worked from $62,160, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 214 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 214 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $47,130 at the bottom tenth to $78,240 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 $50,722 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 $49,250 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,130 to $78,240) 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 $50,722 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 $49,250 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.