Financial Examiners in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,563
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$19,277
23.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,404
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
$80,840
Kept after tax
$61,563
Worth in national money
$63,404
State rank
30
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maine pays financial examiners around $80,840 at the midpoint, 30 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maine. It ranks 119 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $80,840, take-home of $61,563 is worth roughly $63,404 in national money. The average comes to $88,720, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For financial examiners the Maine median is $80,840, ranking 30 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Maine, financial examiners ranks 119 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.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for financial examiners, whose median is $80,840, the adjusted figure of $63,404 differs little from $61,563 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $88,720 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial Examiners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $145,110 |
| This salary | $80,840 |
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 | $61,563 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,701 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,207 |
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 | $74,958 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,811 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $80,840 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $53,910 and the ninetieth is $145,110 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $61,563, from $80,840, 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 119 of 484 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $63,404, the adjusted value of that $80,840 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 119 of 484 in the state.
- The Maine median of $80,840 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $53,910 to $145,110. 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 $61,563 from $80,840. 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 119 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $63,404 — the adjusted value of that $80,840 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 119 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $88,720, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $53,910, the highest tenth $145,110, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $63,404 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 $61,563.
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.
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 $88,720. 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 ($53,910) and the ninetieth ($145,110) 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 $63,404 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 $61,563 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.