Interior Designers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,479
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$13,351
20.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,988
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
$63,830
Kept after tax
$50,479
Worth in national money
$51,988
State rank
22
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maine is 22 of 49 states for interior designers, with a middle wage of $63,830. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 195 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $63,830 the take-home is $50,479, which is worth about $51,988 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $64,440, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine ranks 22 of 49 for interior designers at $63,830. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Interior designers ranks 195 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.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for interior designers on its $63,830 median: $50,479 retained after tax becomes $51,988 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $64,440 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Interior Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,840 |
| This salary | $63,830 |
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 | $50,479 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,467 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,034 |
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 | $60,111 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,669 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $63,830 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,280 and the ninetieth is $93,840 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $50,479, worked from $63,830. 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 195 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $51,988, the adjusted value of that $63,830 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 195 of 484 in the state.
- The Maine median of $63,830 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,280 to $93,840. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Maine take-home of $50,479, on $63,830 for work ranking 195 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 195 of 484 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $51,988 — the adjusted value of that $63,830 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 195 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $34,280 and the top tenth $93,840 — 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 $51,988 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 $50,479.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($34,280) and the ninetieth ($93,840) 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 $51,988 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 $50,479 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.