Computer User Support Specialists in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,315
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$12,575
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,760
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
$60,890
Kept after tax
$48,315
Worth in national money
$49,760
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maine pays this job around $60,890 at the midpoint, 21 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 230 among 484 occupations Maine publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $60,890, take-home of $48,315 is worth roughly $49,760 in national money. The average comes to $63,910, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For computer user support specialists the Maine median is $60,890, ranking 21 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 230 of 484 in Maine places computer user support specialists 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.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for computer user support specialists, whose median is $60,890, the adjusted figure of $49,760 differs little from $48,315 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $63,910 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Computer User Support Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,240 |
| This salary | $60,890 |
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 | $48,315 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,105 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,831 |
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 | $57,418 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,424 |
| 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 $60,890. The published range is $47,360 up to $80,240, 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 $48,315, worked from $60,890. 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 230 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,760 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 230.
- Reported values are medians; for computer user support specialists in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,360 to $80,240. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Maine take-home of $48,315, on $60,890 for work ranking 230 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 230 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,760, worked from $60,890, 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 230 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $63,910, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $47,360 at the bottom tenth to $80,240 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $49,760 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $48,315 remains.
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 $63,910. 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 ($47,360 to $80,240) 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 $49,760 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 $48,315 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.