Education Administrators, All Other in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,838
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$20,602
24.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,747
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
$84,440
Kept after tax
$63,838
Worth in national money
$65,747
State rank
32
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $84,440, ranking 32 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maine. It ranks 92 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $84,440 the take-home is $63,838, which is worth about $65,747 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $92,440, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine occupies the middle band for education administrators, all other: a median of $84,440, ranking 32 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Maine, education administrators, all other ranks 92 of 484 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for education administrators, all other on its $84,440 median: $63,838 retained after tax becomes $65,747 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $92,440 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $134,650 |
| This salary | $84,440 |
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 | $63,838 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,234 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,470 |
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 | $78,192 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,175 |
| 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 education administrators, all other in Maine earn under $84,440 and half over. The published range runs $44,990 at the tenth percentile to $134,650 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $63,838, from $84,440, 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 92 of 484 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $65,747, the adjusted value of that $84,440 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 92 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for education administrators, all other in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,990 to $134,650; 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 $63,838 from $84,440. 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 92 of 484 locally.
- This $65,747 adjusted figure, worked from $84,440, 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 92 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 92 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $92,440, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $44,990 and the top tenth $134,650 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $65,747 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, $63,838 remains.
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.
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 $92,440. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($44,990) and the ninetieth ($134,650) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $65,747 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 $63,838 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.