Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,181
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$11,809
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,561
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
$57,990
Kept after tax
$46,181
Worth in national money
$47,561
State rank
1
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $57,990, which ranks 1 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 26.73% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 259 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $57,990, take-home of $46,181 is worth roughly $47,561 in national money. The average lands at $55,230, below the middle of the range.
- Maine ranks 1 of 45 states publishing a median for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders, at $57,990 — about 26.73% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders ranks 259 of 484 occupations in Maine by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders, whose median is $57,990, the adjusted figure of $47,561 differs little from $46,181 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $55,230 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,390 |
| This salary | $57,990 |
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 | $46,181 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,775 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,632 |
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 | $54,761 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,183 |
| 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 $57,990. The published range is $36,920 up to $73,390, 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 $46,181, worked from $57,990. 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 259 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,561, the adjusted value of that $57,990 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 259 of 484 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,920 to $73,390. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Maine take-home of $46,181, on $57,990 for work ranking 259 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 259 of 484 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $47,561 — the adjusted value of that $57,990 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 259 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 $55,230, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,920 at the bottom tenth to $73,390 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $47,561.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Maine's own levy, $46,181 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $55,230. 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 ($36,920 to $73,390) 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 $47,561 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 $46,181 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.