First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,375
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$18,595
23.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,180
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
$78,970
Kept after tax
$60,375
Worth in national money
$62,180
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $78,970, putting the state 10 of 51 — about 6.07% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 126 among 484 occupations Maine publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $78,970, tax leaves $60,375, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $62,180 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $78,290.
- For first-line supervisors of production and operating workers, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $78,970, ranking 10 of 51 and running about 6.07% 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 126 of 484 in Maine places first-line supervisors of production and operating 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.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers — median $78,970 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $60,375 retained, $62,180 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $78,290 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,130 |
| This salary | $78,970 |
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 | $60,375 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,385 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,077 |
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 | $73,269 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,632 |
| 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 $78,970. The published range is $48,340 up to $106,130, 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 $60,375, worked from $78,970. 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 126 of 484.
- Two cautions on $62,180, the adjusted value of that $78,970 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 126 of 484 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,340 to $106,130. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Maine take-home of $60,375, on $78,970 for work ranking 126 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 126 of 484 in the state.
- This $62,180 adjusted figure, worked from $78,970, 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 126 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 126 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $48,340 at the bottom tenth to $106,130 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Maine sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $62,180 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $60,375 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($48,340) and the ninetieth ($106,130) 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 $62,180 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 $60,375 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.