Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,726
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$12,364
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,153
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
$60,090
Kept after tax
$47,726
Worth in national money
$49,153
State rank
18
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $60,090, ranking 18 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 238 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $60,090, tax leaves $47,726, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $49,153 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $60,990, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maine occupies the middle band for education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare: a median of $60,090, ranking 18 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare ranks 238 of 484 occupations in Maine by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare — median $60,090 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $47,726 retained, $49,153 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $60,990 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,000 |
| This salary | $60,090 |
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 | $47,726 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,462 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,776 |
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 | $56,685 |
|---|---|
| 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 $60,090 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,870 and the ninetieth is $77,000 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $47,726 take-home in Maine comes from $60,090. 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 238 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,153 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 238.
- The Maine median of $60,090 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,870 to $77,000. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $47,726, from $60,090, 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 238 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,153, worked from $60,090, 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 238 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $42,870 and the top tenth $77,000, 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 $49,153 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 $47,726 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 50 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 ($42,870 to $77,000) 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 $49,153 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 $47,726 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.