Logisticians in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,618
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$18,162
23.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,401
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
$77,780
Kept after tax
$59,618
Worth in national money
$61,401
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for logisticians is on the low side in Maine. The middle earner gets $77,780. That is 35 of 51 states, and about 5.52% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 133 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $77,780, tax leaves $59,618, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $61,401 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $78,050, since top earners drag the number up.
- For logisticians, Maine sits in the lower band at $77,780, ranking 35 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 5.52%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Logisticians ranks 133 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.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for logisticians — median $77,780 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $59,618 retained, $61,401 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $78,050 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Logisticians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $108,320 |
| This salary | $77,780 |
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 | $59,618 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,548 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,995 |
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 | $72,194 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,518 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $77,780 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,420 and the ninetieth is $108,320 — 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 $59,618, worked from $77,780. 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 133 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $61,401 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 133.
- The Maine median of $77,780 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,420 to $108,320. 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 $59,618, on $77,780 for work ranking 133 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 133 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $61,401, worked from $77,780, 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 133 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $50,420, the highest tenth $108,320, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $61,401 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 $59,618.
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 ($50,420) and the ninetieth ($108,320) 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 $61,401 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 $59,618 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.