Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,719
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$12,361
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,146
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
$60,080
Kept after tax
$47,719
Worth in national money
$49,146
State rank
18
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maine pays drywall and ceiling tile installers around $60,080 at the midpoint, 18 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Drywall and ceiling tile installers ranks 240 among 484 occupations Maine publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $60,080, tax leaves $47,719, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $49,146 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $59,170.
- For drywall and ceiling tile installers the Maine median is $60,080, ranking 18 of 49 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 240 of 484 in Maine places drywall and ceiling tile installers 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 drywall and ceiling tile installers — median $60,080 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $47,719 retained, $49,146 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $59,170 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,220 |
| This salary | $60,080 |
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 | $47,719 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,454 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,775 |
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 | $56,676 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,357 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,080 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,070 and the ninetieth is $71,220 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $47,719, from $60,080, 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 240 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 $49,146 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 240.
- The Maine median of $60,080 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,070 to $71,220. 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 $47,719 from $60,080. 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 240 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,146, worked from $60,080, 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 240 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $49,070 at the bottom tenth to $71,220 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 $49,146 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $47,719 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,070 to $71,220) 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 $49,146 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 $47,719 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.