Computer Systems Analysts in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,030
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$24,790
25.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,154
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
$95,820
Kept after tax
$71,030
Worth in national money
$73,154
State rank
39
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine is among the lower-paying states for computer systems analysts. The middle earner takes $95,820, ranking 39 of 50 states — about 9.48% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Maine reports, computer systems analysts comes in at 71 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $95,820, tax leaves $71,030, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $73,154 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $99,080, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maine ranks 39 of 50 for computer systems analysts, with a median of $95,820 — about 9.48% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Computer systems analysts ranks 71 of 484 occupations by median in Maine, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for computer systems analysts — median $95,820 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $71,030 retained, $73,154 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $99,080 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer Systems Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $68,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,280 |
| This salary | $95,820 |
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 | $71,030 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,239 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,302 |
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 | $88,416 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,323 |
| 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 systems analysts in Maine earn under $95,820 and half over. The published range runs $68,040 at the tenth percentile to $133,280 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $71,030, from $95,820, 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 71 of 484 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $73,154, the adjusted value of that $95,820 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 71 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer systems analysts in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $68,040 to $133,280; 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 $71,030 from $95,820. 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 71 of 484 locally.
- This $73,154 adjusted figure, worked from $95,820, 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 71 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 71 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 $99,080, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $68,040 and the top tenth $133,280, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $73,154 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Maine then takes its own share, leaving $71,030.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $99,080. 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 ($68,040 to $133,280) 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 $73,154 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 $71,030 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.