Natural Sciences Managers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$99,421
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$41,939
29.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$102,393
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
$141,360
Kept after tax
$99,421
Worth in national money
$102,393
State rank
14
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for natural sciences managers is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $141,360, putting the state 14 of 48 — about 15.46% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Maine reports, natural sciences managers comes in at 11 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $141,360, take-home of $99,421 is worth roughly $102,393 in national money. The average comes to $156,560, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For natural sciences managers, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $141,360, ranking 14 of 48 and running about 15.46% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Natural sciences managers ranks 11 of 484 occupations by median in Maine, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for natural sciences managers, whose median is $141,360, the adjusted figure of $102,393 differs little from $99,421 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $156,560 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Natural Sciences Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $81,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $141,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $220,730 |
| This salary | $141,360 |
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 | $99,421 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $107,886 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,629 |
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 | $128,975 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,268 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $141,360 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $81,950 and the ninetieth is $220,730 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $99,421, from $141,360, 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 11 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 $102,393, the adjusted value of that $141,360 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 11 of 484 in the state.
- The Maine median of $141,360 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $81,950 to $220,730. 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 $99,421 from $141,360. 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 11 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $102,393 — the adjusted value of that $141,360 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 11 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $156,560, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $81,950 at the bottom tenth to $220,730 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $102,393 in national terms.
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 $99,421 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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $156,560. 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 ($81,950) and the ninetieth ($220,730) 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 $102,393 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 $99,421 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.