Engineers, All Other in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,584
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$33,846
28.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,173
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
$120,430
Kept after tax
$86,584
Worth in national money
$89,173
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine sits in the middle of the pack for engineers, all other. The median is $120,430, ranking 21 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maine. It ranks 27 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $120,430, tax leaves $86,584, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $89,173 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $118,400.
- Maine occupies the middle band for engineers, all other: a median of $120,430, ranking 21 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Maine, engineers, all other ranks 27 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 engineers, all other — median $120,430 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $86,584 retained, $89,173 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $118,400 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Engineers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $120,430 |
| Top tenth earn over | $155,150 |
| This salary | $120,430 |
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 | $86,584 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,553 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,100 |
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 | $110,525 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,807 |
| 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 engineers, all other in Maine earn under $120,430 and half over. The published range runs $78,440 at the tenth percentile to $155,150 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $86,584 take-home in Maine comes from $120,430. 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 27 of 484.
- Two cautions on $89,173, the adjusted value of that $120,430 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 27 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for engineers, all other in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $78,440 to $155,150; 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 $86,584, from $120,430, 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 27 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 51 for it.
- This $89,173 adjusted figure, worked from $120,430, 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 27 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 27 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $78,440 and the top tenth $155,150, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $89,173.
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 $86,584 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($78,440 to $155,150) 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 $89,173 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 $86,584 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.