First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,353
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$12,947
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,828
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
$62,300
Kept after tax
$49,353
Worth in national money
$50,828
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $62,300, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 6.62% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 212 among 484 occupations Maine publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $62,300 the take-home is $49,353, which is worth about $50,828 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $62,860, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $62,300, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 6.62% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 212 of 484 in Maine places first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers on its $62,300 median: $49,353 retained after tax becomes $50,828 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $62,860 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,950 |
| This salary | $62,300 |
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 | $49,353 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,238 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,928 |
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 | $58,709 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,541 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,300 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,460 and the ninetieth is $77,950 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $49,353 take-home in Maine comes from $62,300. 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 212 of 484.
- Two cautions on $50,828, the adjusted value of that $62,300 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 212 of 484 locally.
- The Maine median of $62,300 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,460 to $77,950. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $49,353, from $62,300, 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 212 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 51 for it.
- This $50,828 adjusted figure, worked from $62,300, 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 212 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 212 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $47,460 at the bottom tenth to $77,950 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 $50,828.
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 $49,353.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,460 to $77,950) 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 $50,828 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 $49,353 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.