Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,035
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$12,475
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,472
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
$60,510
Kept after tax
$48,035
Worth in national money
$49,472
State rank
13
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maine pays this job a middle wage of $60,510, ranking 13 of 49 states and sitting about 5.14% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 484 occupations Maine reports figures for, this is number 234.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $60,510, tax leaves $48,035, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $49,472 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $60,330.
- Maine's median for motorboat mechanics and service technicians is $60,510, about 5.14% above the national figure and 13 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Maine's occupational distribution, motorboat mechanics and service technicians sits at 234 of 484 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for motorboat mechanics and service technicians — median $60,510 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $48,035 retained, $49,472 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $60,330 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,190 |
| This salary | $60,510 |
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 | $48,035 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,800 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,805 |
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 | $57,070 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,392 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,510 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,450 and the ninetieth is $75,190 — 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 $48,035, worked from $60,510. 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 234 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,472 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 234.
- The Maine median of $60,510 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,450 to $75,190. 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 $48,035, on $60,510 for work ranking 234 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 234 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,472, worked from $60,510, 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 234 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $45,450 and the top tenth $75,190, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Maine sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $49,472 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $48,035 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,450 to $75,190) 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 $49,472 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 $48,035 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.