First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,935
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$10,645
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,219
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
$53,580
Kept after tax
$42,935
Worth in national money
$44,219
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maine pays this job a middle wage of $53,580, ranking 15 of 51 states and sitting about 10.43% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 286 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $53,580, take-home of $42,935 is worth roughly $44,219 in national money. The average comes to $57,150, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maine's median for first-line supervisors of retail sales workers is $53,580, about 10.43% above the national figure and 15 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- First-line supervisors of retail sales workers ranks 286 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.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for first-line supervisors of retail sales workers, whose median is $53,580, the adjusted figure of $44,219 differs little from $42,935 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $57,150 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,070 |
| This salary | $53,580 |
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 | $42,935 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,232 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,328 |
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 | $50,722 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,815 |
| 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 $53,580. The published range is $41,600 up to $76,070, 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 $42,935, worked from $53,580. 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 286 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,219 uses one figure for the whole of Maine. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 484 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 286.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of retail sales workers in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,600 to $76,070. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Maine take-home of $42,935, on $53,580 for work ranking 286 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 286 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,219, worked from $53,580, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Maine address, on work sitting at 286 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 $57,150, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $41,600 at the bottom tenth to $76,070 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $44,219 in national terms.
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, $42,935 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.
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 $57,150. 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 ($41,600 to $76,070) 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 $44,219 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 $42,935 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.