Financial and Investment Analysts in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,290
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$22,030
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,272
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
$88,320
Kept after tax
$66,290
Worth in national money
$68,272
State rank
37
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Maine. The middle earner gets $88,320. That is 37 of 51 states, and about 14.04% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Maine this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 83 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $88,320, tax leaves $66,290, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $68,272 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $93,970, since top earners drag the number up.
- For financial and investment analysts, Maine sits in the lower band at $88,320, ranking 37 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 14.04%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Maine publishes a median for, financial and investment analysts sits 83 of 484 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for financial and investment analysts — median $88,320 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $66,290 retained, $68,272 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $93,970 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Financial and Investment Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $88,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,270 |
| This salary | $88,320 |
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 | $66,290 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,963 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,754 |
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 | $81,678 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,566 |
| 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 financial and investment analysts in Maine earn under $88,320 and half over. The published range runs $64,110 at the tenth percentile to $133,270 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $66,290 take-home in Maine comes from $88,320. 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 83 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $68,272 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 83.
- Figures are distribution medians for financial and investment analysts in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $64,110 to $133,270; 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 $66,290, from $88,320, 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 83 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $68,272, worked from $88,320, 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 83 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 $93,970 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $64,110 at the bottom tenth to $133,270 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $68,272 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 $66,290.
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 $93,970. 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 ($64,110) and the ninetieth ($133,270) 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 $68,272 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 $66,290 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.