First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,599
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$11,601
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,963
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
$57,200
Kept after tax
$45,599
Worth in national money
$46,963
State rank
24
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 $57,200, ranking 24 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 266.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $57,200 the take-home is $45,599, which is worth about $46,963 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $60,300, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of security workers: a median of $57,200, ranking 24 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 security workers sits at 266 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.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for first-line supervisors of security workers on its $57,200 median: $45,599 retained after tax becomes $46,963 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $60,300 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,880 |
| This salary | $57,200 |
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 | $45,599 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,140 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,577 |
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 | $54,038 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,117 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $57,200 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,650 and the ninetieth is $76,880 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $45,599 take-home in Maine comes from $57,200. 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 266 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,963 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 266.
- The Maine median of $57,200 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,650 to $76,880. 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 $45,599, from $57,200, 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 266 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,963, worked from $57,200, 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 266 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 $60,300, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,650 at the tenth percentile, $76,880 at the ninetieth.
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 $46,963 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 $45,599 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 $60,300. 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 ($47,650 to $76,880) 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 $46,963 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 $45,599 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.