Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,678
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$13,422
20.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,193
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
$64,100
Kept after tax
$50,678
Worth in national money
$52,193
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $64,100, ranking 35 of 51 states — about 16.31% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 484 occupations Maine reports figures for, this is number 189.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $64,100 the take-home is $50,678, which is worth about $52,193 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $67,740, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine ranks 35 of 51 for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants, with a median of $64,100 — about 16.31% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- In Maine's occupational distribution, executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants sits at 189 of 484 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants on its $64,100 median: $50,678 retained after tax becomes $52,193 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $67,740 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $88,160 |
| This salary | $64,100 |
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 | $50,678 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,684 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,052 |
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 | $60,358 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,691 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $64,100 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,850 and the ninetieth is $88,160 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $50,678, from $64,100, 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 189 of 484 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $52,193, the adjusted value of that $64,100 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 189 of 484 locally.
- The Maine median of $64,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,850 to $88,160. 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 $50,678 from $64,100. 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 189 of 484 locally.
- This $52,193 adjusted figure, worked from $64,100, 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 189 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 189 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $67,740 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $49,850 and the top tenth $88,160, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $52,193 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 $50,678.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $67,740. 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 ($49,850 to $88,160) 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 $52,193 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 $50,678 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.