Dishwashers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,645
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$5,975
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,532
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
$35,620
Kept after tax
$29,645
Worth in national money
$30,532
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dishwashers is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $35,620, putting the state 12 of 51 — about 2.33% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in Maine, this one sits low: 476 of 484 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $35,620 the take-home is $29,645, which is worth about $30,532 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $36,370, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For dishwashers, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $35,620, ranking 12 of 51 and running about 2.33% 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.
- Dishwashers occupies position 476 of 484 in Maine's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for dishwashers on its $35,620 median: $29,645 retained after tax becomes $30,532 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $36,370 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Dishwashers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $43,000 |
| This salary | $35,620 |
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 | $29,645 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,801 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,164 |
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 | $34,182 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,408 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $35,620 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,590 and the ninetieth is $43,000 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $29,645, from $35,620, 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 476 of 484 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $30,532, the adjusted value of that $35,620 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 476 of 484 locally.
- The Maine median of $35,620 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,590 to $43,000. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $29,645 from $35,620. 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 476 of 484 locally.
- This $30,532 adjusted figure, worked from $35,620, 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 476 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 476 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $30,590 and the top tenth $43,000, 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 $30,532 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, $29,645 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,590 to $43,000) 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 $30,532 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 $29,645 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.