First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,239
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$14,511
21.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,831
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
$67,750
Kept after tax
$53,239
Worth in national money
$54,831
State rank
35
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Maine. The middle earner gets $67,750. That is 35 of 49 states, and about 13.11% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 169 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $67,750, tax leaves $53,239, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $54,831 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $69,570, since top earners drag the number up.
- For first-line supervisors of correctional officers, Maine sits in the lower band at $67,750, ranking 35 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 13.11%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- First-line supervisors of correctional officers ranks 169 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.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for first-line supervisors of correctional officers — median $67,750 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $53,239 retained, $54,831 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $69,570 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,190 |
| This salary | $67,750 |
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 | $53,239 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,492 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,304 |
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 | $63,546 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,151 |
| 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 $67,750. The published range is $57,160 up to $82,190, 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 $53,239, worked from $67,750. 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 169 of 484.
- Two cautions on $54,831, the adjusted value of that $67,750 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 169 of 484 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of correctional officers in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $57,160 to $82,190. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Maine take-home of $53,239, on $67,750 for work ranking 169 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 169 of 484 in the state.
- This $54,831 adjusted figure, worked from $67,750, 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 169 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 169 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $57,160 at the tenth percentile, $82,190 at the ninetieth.
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 $54,831.
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 $53,239.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($57,160 to $82,190) 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 $54,831 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 $53,239 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.