Loan Interviewers and Clerks in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,315
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$9,705
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,520
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
$50,020
Kept after tax
$40,315
Worth in national money
$41,520
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maine is 26 of 51 states for loan interviewers and clerks, with a middle wage of $50,020. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 311 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 $50,020 the take-home is $40,315, which is worth about $41,520 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $52,450, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine ranks 26 of 51 for loan interviewers and clerks at $50,020. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Loan interviewers and clerks ranks 311 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 loan interviewers and clerks on its $50,020 median: $40,315 retained after tax becomes $41,520 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $52,450 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Loan Interviewers and Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,600 |
| This salary | $50,020 |
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 | $40,315 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,371 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,083 |
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 | $47,461 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,519 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $50,020 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $44,870 and the ninetieth is $61,600 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $40,315, from $50,020, 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 311 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 $41,520 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 311.
- The Maine median of $50,020 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $44,870 to $61,600. 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 $40,315 from $50,020. 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 311 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,520, worked from $50,020, 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 311 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 $52,450 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $44,870 at the tenth percentile, $61,600 at the ninetieth.
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 $41,520.
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 $40,315.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $52,450. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($44,870 to $61,600) 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 $41,520 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 $40,315 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.