Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,985
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$20,105
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,868
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
$83,090
Kept after tax
$62,985
Worth in national money
$64,868
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Maine. The middle earner gets $83,090. That is 39 of 51 states, and about 12.83% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Maine this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 103 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $83,090, tax leaves $62,985, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $64,868 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $86,320, since top earners drag the number up.
- For electrical power-line installers and repairers, Maine sits in the lower band at $83,090, ranking 39 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 12.83%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Maine publishes a median for, electrical power-line installers and repairers sits 103 of 484 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for electrical power-line installers and repairers — median $83,090 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $62,985 retained, $64,868 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $86,320 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,950 |
| This salary | $83,090 |
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 | $62,985 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,284 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,372 |
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 | $76,980 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,039 |
| 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 power-line installers and repairers in Maine earn under $83,090 and half over. The published range runs $52,190 at the tenth percentile to $121,950 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $62,985 take-home in Maine comes from $83,090. 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 103 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $64,868, the adjusted value of that $83,090 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 103 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical power-line installers and repairers in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $52,190 to $121,950; 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.
- Retained pay of $62,985, from $83,090, 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 103 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $64,868 — the adjusted value of that $83,090 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 103 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 $86,320, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $52,190 and the top tenth $121,950 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $64,868 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 $62,985.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $86,320. 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 ($52,190) and the ninetieth ($121,950) 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 $64,868 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 $62,985 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.