Helpers--Electricians in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,761
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$8,789
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,890
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
$46,550
Kept after tax
$37,761
Worth in national money
$38,890
State rank
14
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maine pays helpers--electricians a middle wage of $46,550, ranking 14 of 47 states and sitting about 9.09% above the national middle.
- Within Maine this is lower-paid work. Of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, helpers--electricians ranks 377. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $46,550, take-home of $37,761 is worth roughly $38,890 in national money. The average comes to $51,670, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maine's median for helpers--electricians is $46,550, about 9.09% above the national figure and 14 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Against every occupation Maine reports, helpers--electricians ranks 377 of 484, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for helpers--electricians, whose median is $46,550, the adjusted figure of $38,890 differs little from $37,761 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $51,670 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Helpers--Electricians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,890 |
| This salary | $46,550 |
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 | $37,761 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,583 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,844 |
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 | $44,282 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,230 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,550 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,200 and the ninetieth is $62,890 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,761 take-home in Maine comes from $46,550. 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 377 of 484.
- Two cautions on $38,890, the adjusted value of that $46,550 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 377 of 484 locally.
- The Maine median of $46,550 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,200 to $62,890. 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 $37,761, from $46,550, 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 377 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 47 for it.
- This $38,890 adjusted figure, worked from $46,550, 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 377 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 377 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 $51,670, 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 $42,200 at the bottom tenth to $62,890 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $38,890 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Maine then takes its own share, leaving $37,761.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $51,670. 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 ($42,200 to $62,890) 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 $38,890 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 $37,761 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.