Labor Relations Specialists in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,574
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$25,106
26.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,714
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
$96,680
Kept after tax
$71,574
Worth in national money
$73,714
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for labor relations specialists is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $96,680, putting the state 13 of 51 — about 1.32% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maine. It ranks 70 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $96,680 the take-home is $71,574, which is worth about $73,714 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $97,890, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For labor relations specialists, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $96,680, ranking 13 of 51 and running about 1.32% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Maine, labor relations specialists ranks 70 of 484 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for labor relations specialists on its $96,680 median: $71,574 retained after tax becomes $73,714 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $97,890 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Labor Relations Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $140,350 |
| This salary | $96,680 |
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 | $71,574 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,844 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,364 |
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 | $89,188 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,410 |
| 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 labor relations specialists in Maine earn under $96,680 and half over. The published range runs $56,660 at the tenth percentile to $140,350 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $71,574, from $96,680, 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 70 of 484 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $73,714 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 70.
- Figures are distribution medians for labor relations specialists in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $56,660 to $140,350; 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.
- Take-home for Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $71,574 from $96,680. 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 70 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $73,714, worked from $96,680, 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 70 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 $56,660 and the top tenth $140,350 — 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 $73,714 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 $71,574 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($56,660) and the ninetieth ($140,350) 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 $73,714 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 $71,574 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.