Information Security Analysts in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,766
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$26,964
26.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,001
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
$101,730
Kept after tax
$74,766
Worth in national money
$77,001
State rank
38
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Maine. The middle earner gets $101,730. That is 38 of 48 states, and about 21.25% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Maine this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 54 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $101,730, tax leaves $74,766, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $77,001 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $109,230, since top earners drag the number up.
- For information security analysts, Maine sits in the lower band at $101,730, ranking 38 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 21.25%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Maine publishes a median for, information security analysts sits 54 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.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for information security analysts — median $101,730 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $74,766 retained, $77,001 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $109,230 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Information Security Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $181,020 |
| This salary | $101,730 |
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 | $74,766 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,397 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,733 |
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 | $93,725 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,920 |
| 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 information security analysts in Maine earn under $101,730 and half over. The published range runs $63,210 at the tenth percentile to $181,020 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $74,766, worked from $101,730. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 54 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $77,001 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 54.
- Figures are distribution medians for information security analysts in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $63,210 to $181,020; 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.
- The Maine take-home of $74,766, on $101,730 for work ranking 54 of 484 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 54 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $77,001, worked from $101,730, 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 54 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 $109,230 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $63,210 and the top tenth $181,020 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $77,001 in national terms.
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 $74,766.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $109,230. 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 ($63,210) and the ninetieth ($181,020) 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 $77,001 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 $74,766 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.