Marketing Managers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$95,761
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$39,619
29.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$98,624
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
$135,380
Kept after tax
$95,761
Worth in national money
$98,624
State rank
30
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maine pays marketing managers around $135,380 at the midpoint, 30 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Maine this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, marketing managers ranks 16 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $135,380, take-home of $95,761 is worth roughly $98,624 in national money. The average comes to $157,080, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For marketing managers the Maine median is $135,380, ranking 30 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Maine publishes a median for, marketing managers sits 16 of 484 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for marketing managers, whose median is $135,380, the adjusted figure of $98,624 differs little from $95,761 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $157,080 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Marketing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $92,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $135,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $232,310 |
| This salary | $135,380 |
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 | $95,761 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $103,798 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,192 |
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 | $123,621 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,647 |
| 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 $135,380. The published range is $92,710 up to $232,310, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $95,761, from $135,380, 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 16 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 $98,624, the adjusted value of that $135,380 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 16 of 484 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for marketing managers in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $92,710 to $232,310. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $95,761 from $135,380. 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 16 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $98,624 — the adjusted value of that $135,380 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 16 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $157,080, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $92,710 and the top tenth $232,310 — 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 $98,624.
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 $95,761.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 $157,080. 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 ($92,710) and the ninetieth ($232,310) 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 $98,624 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 $95,761 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.