Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,206
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$20,234
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,096
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
$83,440
Kept after tax
$63,206
Worth in national money
$65,096
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $83,440, putting the state 14 of 51 — about 6.71% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maine. It ranks 100 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $83,440, tax leaves $63,206, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $65,096 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $87,980, since top earners drag the number up.
- For electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $83,440, ranking 14 of 51 and running about 6.71% 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.
- Within Maine, electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians ranks 100 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.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians — median $83,440 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $63,206 retained, $65,096 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $87,980 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $120,430 |
| This salary | $83,440 |
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 | $63,206 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,530 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,397 |
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 | $77,294 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,074 |
| 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 electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians in Maine earn under $83,440 and half over. The published range runs $61,730 at the tenth percentile to $120,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $63,206, worked from $83,440. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 100 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $65,096 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 100.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $61,730 to $120,430; 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.
- The Maine take-home of $63,206, on $83,440 for work ranking 100 of 484 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 100 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $65,096, worked from $83,440, 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 100 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $87,980, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $61,730 at the tenth percentile, $120,430 at the ninetieth.
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 $65,096 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $63,206.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $87,980. 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 ($61,730 to $120,430) 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 $65,096 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 $63,206 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.