Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,932
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$36,558
28.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,651
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
$127,490
Kept after tax
$90,932
Worth in national money
$93,651
State rank
12
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maine pays this job a middle wage of $127,490, ranking 12 of 50 states and sitting about 2.1% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Maine reports, this job comes in at 24 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $127,490 the take-home is $90,932, which is worth about $93,651 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $133,060, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine's median for electronics engineers, except computer is $127,490, about 2.1% above the national figure and 12 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Electronics engineers, except computer ranks 24 of 484 occupations by median in Maine, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for electronics engineers, except computer on its $127,490 median: $90,932 retained after tax becomes $93,651 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $133,060 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $83,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $127,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $207,290 |
| This salary | $127,490 |
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 | $90,932 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $98,405 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,615 |
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 | $116,705 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,681 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $127,490 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $83,740 and the ninetieth is $207,290 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $90,932, from $127,490, 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 24 of 484 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $93,651, the adjusted value of that $127,490 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 24 of 484 locally.
- The Maine median of $127,490 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $83,740 to $207,290. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $90,932 from $127,490. 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 24 of 484 locally.
- This $93,651 adjusted figure, worked from $127,490, 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 24 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 24 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 $133,060, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $83,740 at the bottom tenth to $207,290 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $93,651.
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 $90,932 of this wage survives to your account.
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 50 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 $133,060. 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 ($83,740) and the ninetieth ($207,290) 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 $93,651 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 $90,932 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.