Electrical Engineers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,912
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$31,708
27.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$85,391
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
$114,620
Kept after tax
$82,912
Worth in national money
$85,391
State rank
20
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maine is 20 of 49 states for electrical engineers, with a middle wage of $114,620. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maine. It ranks 33 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 $114,620 the take-home is $82,912, which is worth about $85,391 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $118,510, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine ranks 20 of 49 for electrical engineers at $114,620. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Maine, electrical engineers ranks 33 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 electrical engineers on its $114,620 median: $82,912 retained after tax becomes $85,391 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $118,510 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $114,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $161,230 |
| This salary | $114,620 |
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 | $82,912 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $89,465 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,675 |
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 | $105,305 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,220 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $114,620 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $78,930 and the ninetieth is $161,230 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $82,912 take-home in Maine comes from $114,620. 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 33 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $85,391, the adjusted value of that $114,620 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 33 of 484 in the state.
- The Maine median of $114,620 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $78,930 to $161,230. 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 $82,912, from $114,620, 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 33 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $85,391 — the adjusted value of that $114,620 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 33 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 $118,510, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $78,930 at the bottom tenth to $161,230 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Maine is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $85,391 in national terms.
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 $82,912.
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.
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 $118,510. 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 ($78,930 to $161,230) 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 $85,391 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 $82,912 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.