Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,134
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$28,926
27.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,470
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
$107,060
Kept after tax
$78,134
Worth in national money
$80,470
State rank
1
of 49 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 $107,060, ranking 1 of 49 states and sitting about 36.64% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Maine reports, this job comes in at 40 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $107,060, take-home of $78,134 is worth roughly $80,470 in national money. The average lands at $103,930, below the middle of the range.
- Maine's median for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other is $107,060, about 36.64% above the national figure and 1 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other ranks 40 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.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other, whose median is $107,060, the adjusted figure of $80,470 differs little from $78,134 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $103,930 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $67,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,480 |
| This salary | $107,060 |
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 | $78,134 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,147 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,123 |
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 | $98,513 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,457 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Maine earn less than $107,060. The published range is $67,790 up to $130,480, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $78,134, worked from $107,060. 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 40 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $80,470 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 40.
- Reported values are medians; for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $67,790 to $130,480. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Maine take-home of $78,134, on $107,060 for work ranking 40 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 40 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $80,470, worked from $107,060, 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 40 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $67,790 and the top tenth $130,480, 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 $80,470 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 $78,134.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($67,790 to $130,480) 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 $80,470 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 $78,134 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.