Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,385
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$19,755
24.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,250
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
$82,140
Kept after tax
$62,385
Worth in national money
$64,250
State rank
44
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Maine pays this job a middle wage of $82,140, 44 of 45 states and about 28.67% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Maine this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 108 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $82,140, take-home of $62,385 is worth roughly $64,250 in national money. The average comes to $83,570, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maine's $82,140 median for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors places it 44 of 45 states, about 28.67% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Ranked against every occupation Maine publishes a median for, health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors sits 108 of 484 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors, whose median is $82,140, the adjusted figure of $64,250 differs little from $62,385 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $83,570 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $115,920 |
| This salary | $82,140 |
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 | $62,385 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,615 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,302 |
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 | $76,126 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,943 |
| 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 $82,140. The published range is $58,350 up to $115,920, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $62,385, from $82,140, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 108 of 484 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $64,250, the adjusted value of that $82,140 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 108 of 484 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $58,350 to $115,920. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $62,385 from $82,140. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 108 of 484 locally.
- This $64,250 adjusted figure, worked from $82,140, 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 108 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 108 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $58,350 and the top tenth $115,920, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $64,250 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 $62,385 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($58,350 to $115,920) 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 $64,250 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 $62,385 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.