Demonstrators and Product Promoters in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,839
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$6,041
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,731
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
$35,880
Kept after tax
$29,839
Worth in national money
$30,731
State rank
31
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maine pays this job around $35,880 at the midpoint, 31 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 484 occupations Maine publishes, this job lands at 474. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $35,880, take-home of $29,839 is worth roughly $30,731 in national money. The average comes to $42,410, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For demonstrators and product promoters the Maine median is $35,880, ranking 31 of 48 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.
- Within Maine, this work ranks 474 of 484 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for demonstrators and product promoters, whose median is $35,880, the adjusted figure of $30,731 differs little from $29,839 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $42,410 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Demonstrators and Product Promoters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,020 |
| This salary | $35,880 |
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 | $29,839 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,010 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,180 |
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 | $34,423 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,427 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $35,880 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,330 and the ninetieth is $47,020 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $29,839 take-home in Maine comes from $35,880. 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 474 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $30,731, the adjusted value of that $35,880 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 474 of 484 in the state.
- The Maine median of $35,880 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,330 to $47,020. 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 $29,839, from $35,880, 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 474 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $30,731 — the adjusted value of that $35,880 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 474 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 $42,410 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 $35,330 at the bottom tenth to $47,020 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 $30,731.
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 $29,839.
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 $42,410. 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 ($35,330 to $47,020) 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 $30,731 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 $29,839 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.