Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,298
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$8,982
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,443
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
$47,280
Kept after tax
$38,298
Worth in national money
$39,443
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maine is 33 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $47,280. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 358 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 $47,280, take-home of $38,298 is worth roughly $39,443 in national money. The average comes to $55,330, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maine ranks 33 of 51 for hazardous materials removal workers at $47,280. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Hazardous materials removal workers ranks 358 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 hazardous materials removal workers, whose median is $47,280, the adjusted figure of $39,443 differs little from $38,298 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $55,330 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,340 |
| This salary | $47,280 |
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 | $38,298 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,169 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,894 |
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 | $44,951 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,291 |
| 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 hazardous materials removal workers in Maine earn under $47,280 and half over. The published range runs $39,920 at the tenth percentile to $85,340 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,298 take-home in Maine comes from $47,280. 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 358 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,443, the adjusted value of that $47,280 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 358 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for hazardous materials removal workers in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,920 to $85,340; 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 $38,298, from $47,280, 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 358 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $39,443 — the adjusted value of that $47,280 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 358 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $55,330 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $39,920, the highest tenth $85,340, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $39,443 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $38,298 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 $55,330. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($39,920) and the ninetieth ($85,340) 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 $39,443 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 $38,298 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.