Computer Network Architects in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,088
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$29,482
27.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,453
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
$108,570
Kept after tax
$79,088
Worth in national money
$81,453
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for computer network architects is on the low side in Maine. The middle earner gets $108,570. That is 41 of 51 states, and about 19.01% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maine. It ranks 37 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $108,570, tax leaves $79,088, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $81,453 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $115,030, since top earners drag the number up.
- For computer network architects, Maine sits in the lower band at $108,570, ranking 41 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 19.01%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Maine, computer network architects ranks 37 of 484 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for computer network architects — median $108,570 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $79,088 retained, $81,453 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $115,030 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer Network Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $83,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $108,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $158,480 |
| This salary | $108,570 |
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 | $79,088 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,209 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,233 |
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 | $99,870 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,610 |
| 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 computer network architects in Maine earn under $108,570 and half over. The published range runs $83,990 at the tenth percentile to $158,480 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $79,088 take-home in Maine comes from $108,570. 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 37 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $81,453 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 37.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer network architects in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $83,990 to $158,480; 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 $79,088, from $108,570, 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 37 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 41 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $81,453, worked from $108,570, 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 37 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $115,030, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $83,990 at the tenth percentile, $158,480 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Maine sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $81,453 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $79,088 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.
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 $115,030. 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 ($83,990 to $158,480) 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 $81,453 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 $79,088 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.