Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,105
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$14,435
21.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,693
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
$67,540
Kept after tax
$53,105
Worth in national money
$54,693
State rank
16
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $67,540, which ranks 16 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 3.99% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 170 among 484 occupations Maine publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $67,540 the take-home is $53,105, which is worth about $54,693 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $68,620, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine ranks 16 of 50 states publishing a median for civil engineering technologists and technicians, at $67,540 — about 3.99% 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.
- Position 170 of 484 in Maine places civil engineering technologists and technicians in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for civil engineering technologists and technicians on its $67,540 median: $53,105 retained after tax becomes $54,693 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $68,620 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $87,290 |
| This salary | $67,540 |
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 | $53,105 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,344 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,289 |
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 | $63,380 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,107 |
| 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 civil engineering technologists and technicians in Maine earn under $67,540 and half over. The published range runs $49,660 at the tenth percentile to $87,290 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $53,105, from $67,540, 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 170 of 484 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $54,693, the adjusted value of that $67,540 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 170 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for civil engineering technologists and technicians in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,660 to $87,290; 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.
- Take-home for Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $53,105 from $67,540. 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 170 of 484 locally.
- This $54,693 adjusted figure, worked from $67,540, 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 170 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 170 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $49,660 at the tenth percentile, $87,290 at the ninetieth.
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 $54,693.
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, $53,105 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,660 to $87,290) 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 $54,693 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 $53,105 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.