Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,334
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$8,636
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,450
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
$45,970
Kept after tax
$37,334
Worth in national money
$38,450
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maine pays landscaping and groundskeeping workers a middle wage of $45,970, ranking 7 of 51 states and sitting about 17.42% above the national middle.
- Against 484 occupations Maine publishes, landscaping and groundskeeping workers lands at 386. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $45,970, tax leaves $37,334, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $38,450 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $45,140.
- Maine's median for landscaping and groundskeeping workers is $45,970, about 17.42% above the national figure and 7 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Maine, this work ranks 386 of 484 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for landscaping and groundskeeping workers — median $45,970 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $37,334 retained, $38,450 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $45,140 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,620 |
| This salary | $45,970 |
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 | $37,334 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,117 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,804 |
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 | $43,751 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,182 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,970 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,800 and the ninetieth is $57,620 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $37,334, from $45,970, 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 386 of 484 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,450, the adjusted value of that $45,970 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 386 of 484 in the state.
- The Maine median of $45,970 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,800 to $57,620. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,334 from $45,970. 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 386 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $38,450 — the adjusted value of that $45,970 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 386 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,800 and the top tenth $57,620, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $38,450.
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 $37,334 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,800 to $57,620) 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 $38,450 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 $37,334 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.