Data Entry Keyers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,968
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$9,222
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,133
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
$48,190
Kept after tax
$38,968
Worth in national money
$40,133
State rank
4
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for data entry keyers is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $48,190, putting the state 4 of 49 — about 16.57% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Data entry keyers ranks 340 among 484 occupations Maine publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $48,190, tax leaves $38,968, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $40,133 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $49,260, since top earners drag the number up.
- For data entry keyers, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $48,190, ranking 4 of 49 and running about 16.57% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 340 of 484 in Maine places data entry keyers 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.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for data entry keyers — median $48,190 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $38,968 retained, $40,133 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $49,260 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Data Entry Keyers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,340 |
| This salary | $48,190 |
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 | $38,968 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,901 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,957 |
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 | $45,785 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,367 |
| 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 data entry keyers in Maine earn under $48,190 and half over. The published range runs $40,960 at the tenth percentile to $58,340 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $38,968, from $48,190, 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 340 of 484 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,133 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 340.
- Figures are distribution medians for data entry keyers in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,960 to $58,340; 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 $38,968 from $48,190. 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 340 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,133, worked from $48,190, 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 340 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $40,960 at the bottom tenth to $58,340 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Maine is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $40,133 in national terms.
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 $38,968 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,960 to $58,340) 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 $40,133 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 $38,968 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.