First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,346
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$10,434
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,612
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
$52,780
Kept after tax
$42,346
Worth in national money
$43,612
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $52,780, putting the state 12 of 51 — about 8.62% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 484 occupations Maine reports figures for, this is number 289.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $52,780, take-home of $42,346 is worth roughly $43,612 in national money. The average comes to $54,790, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For first-line supervisors of personal service workers, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $52,780, ranking 12 of 51 and running about 8.62% 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.
- In Maine's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of personal service workers sits at 289 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.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for first-line supervisors of personal service workers, whose median is $52,780, the adjusted figure of $43,612 differs little from $42,346 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $54,790 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,580 |
| This salary | $52,780 |
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 | $42,346 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,589 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,273 |
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 | $49,989 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,749 |
| 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 personal service workers in Maine earn under $52,780 and half over. The published range runs $40,350 at the tenth percentile to $72,580 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 $42,346, worked from $52,780. 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 289 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,612, the adjusted value of that $52,780 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 289 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of personal service workers in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,350 to $72,580; 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 $42,346, on $52,780 for work ranking 289 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 289 of 484 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $43,612 — the adjusted value of that $52,780 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 289 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $54,790, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $40,350 and the top tenth $72,580, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $43,612 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Maine adds its own income tax on top — which is why $42,346 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $54,790. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,350 to $72,580) 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 $43,612 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 $42,346 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.