Food Service Managers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,994
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$15,516
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,639
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
$70,510
Kept after tax
$54,994
Worth in national money
$56,639
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maine pays food service managers around $70,510 at the midpoint, 23 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 164 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $70,510, tax leaves $54,994, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $56,639 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $69,420.
- For food service managers the Maine median is $70,510, ranking 23 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Food service managers ranks 164 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.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for food service managers — median $70,510 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $54,994 retained, $56,639 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $69,420 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Food Service Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,470 |
| This salary | $70,510 |
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 | $54,994 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,434 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,494 |
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 | $65,730 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,725 |
| 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 food service managers in Maine earn under $70,510 and half over. The published range runs $46,290 at the tenth percentile to $89,470 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $54,994 take-home in Maine comes from $70,510. 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 164 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,639 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 164.
- Figures are distribution medians for food service managers in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,290 to $89,470; 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.
- Retained pay of $54,994, from $70,510, 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 164 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,639, worked from $70,510, 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 164 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $46,290 at the bottom tenth to $89,470 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $56,639.
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, $54,994 remains.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,290 to $89,470) 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 $56,639 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 $54,994 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.