Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,210
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$8,950
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,352
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
$47,160
Kept after tax
$38,210
Worth in national money
$39,352
State rank
24
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maine is 24 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $47,160. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Maine this is lower-paid work. Of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 366. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $47,160, take-home of $38,210 is worth roughly $39,352 in national money. The average comes to $51,110, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maine ranks 24 of 48 for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers at $47,160. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Maine reports, coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers ranks 366 of 484, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers, whose median is $47,160, the adjusted figure of $39,352 differs little from $38,210 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $51,110 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,950 |
| This salary | $47,160 |
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 | $38,210 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,073 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,886 |
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 | $44,841 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,281 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,160 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,620 and the ninetieth is $64,950 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,210 take-home in Maine comes from $47,160. 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 366 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,352 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 366.
- The Maine median of $47,160 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,620 to $64,950. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $38,210, from $47,160, 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 366 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,352, worked from $47,160, 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 366 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $51,110 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $42,620 at the bottom tenth to $64,950 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 $39,352.
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, $38,210 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $51,110. 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 ($42,620 to $64,950) 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 $39,352 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 $38,210 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.