Financial Managers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$94,678
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$38,932
29.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$97,508
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
$133,610
Kept after tax
$94,678
Worth in national money
$97,508
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine is among the lower-paying states for financial managers. The middle earner takes $133,610, ranking 38 of 51 states — about 19.79% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Maine reports, financial managers comes in at 17 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $133,610 the take-home is $94,678, which is worth about $97,508 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $151,450, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine ranks 38 of 51 for financial managers, with a median of $133,610 — about 19.79% 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.
- Financial managers ranks 17 of 484 occupations by median in Maine, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for financial managers on its $133,610 median: $94,678 retained after tax becomes $97,508 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $151,450 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Financial Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $81,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $133,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $231,620 |
| This salary | $133,610 |
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 | $94,678 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $102,588 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,063 |
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 | $122,036 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,463 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $133,610 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $81,700 and the ninetieth is $231,620 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $94,678, worked from $133,610. 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 17 of 484.
- Two cautions on $97,508, the adjusted value of that $133,610 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 17 of 484 locally.
- The Maine median of $133,610 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $81,700 to $231,620. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Maine take-home of $94,678, on $133,610 for work ranking 17 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 17 of 484 in the state.
- This $97,508 adjusted figure, worked from $133,610, 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 17 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 17 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 $151,450 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 $81,700 at the bottom tenth to $231,620 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $97,508.
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, $94,678 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $151,450. 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 ($81,700) and the ninetieth ($231,620) 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 $97,508 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 $94,678 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.