First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,099
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$14,431
21.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,687
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
$67,530
Kept after tax
$53,099
Worth in national money
$54,687
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $67,530, ranking 21 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 484 occupations Maine reports figures for, this is number 171.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $67,530, tax leaves $53,099, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $54,687 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $71,220, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maine occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers: a median of $67,530, ranking 21 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Maine's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers sits at 171 of 484 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers — median $67,530 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $53,099 retained, $54,687 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $71,220 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,050 |
| This salary | $67,530 |
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 | $53,099 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,337 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,288 |
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 | $63,372 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,105 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers in Maine earn under $67,530 and half over. The published range runs $47,130 at the tenth percentile to $98,050 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $53,099, worked from $67,530. 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 171 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $54,687, the adjusted value of that $67,530 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 171 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,130 to $98,050; 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.
- The Maine take-home of $53,099, on $67,530 for work ranking 171 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 171 of 484 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $54,687 — the adjusted value of that $67,530 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 171 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 $71,220, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $47,130 at the bottom tenth to $98,050 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 $54,687.
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 $53,099.
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 $71,220. 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 ($47,130) and the ninetieth ($98,050) 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 $54,687 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 $53,099 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.