Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,887
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$9,193
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,050
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
$48,080
Kept after tax
$38,887
Worth in national money
$40,050
State rank
29
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maine is 29 of 47 states for this job, with a middle wage of $48,080. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 343 among 484 occupations Maine publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $48,080, take-home of $38,887 is worth roughly $40,050 in national money. The average comes to $57,060, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maine ranks 29 of 47 for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers at $48,080. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 343 of 484 in Maine places jewelers and precious stone and metal workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers, whose median is $48,080, the adjusted figure of $40,050 differs little from $38,887 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $57,060 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,570 |
| This salary | $48,080 |
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 | $38,887 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,812 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,949 |
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 | $45,684 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,357 |
| 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 $48,080. The published range is $34,600 up to $90,570, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $38,887 take-home in Maine comes from $48,080. 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 343 of 484.
- Two cautions on $40,050, the adjusted value of that $48,080 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 343 of 484 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,600 to $90,570. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $38,887, from $48,080, 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 343 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 47 for it.
- This $40,050 adjusted figure, worked from $48,080, 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 343 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 343 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $57,060, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $34,600 and the top tenth $90,570 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $40,050.
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 $38,887.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 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 $57,060. 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 ($34,600) and the ninetieth ($90,570) 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 $40,050 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 $38,887 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.