Office Clerks, General in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,841
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$8,459
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,942
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
$45,300
Kept after tax
$36,841
Worth in national money
$37,942
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maine pays office clerks, general around $45,300 at the midpoint, 22 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 484 occupations Maine publishes, office clerks, general lands at 399. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $45,300, take-home of $36,841 is worth roughly $37,942 in national money. The average comes to $46,460, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For office clerks, general the Maine median is $45,300, ranking 22 of 51 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.
- Within Maine, this work ranks 399 of 484 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for office clerks, general, whose median is $45,300, the adjusted figure of $37,942 differs little from $36,841 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $46,460 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Office Clerks, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,010 |
| This salary | $45,300 |
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 | $36,841 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,579 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,758 |
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 | $43,137 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,126 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,300 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,430 and the ninetieth is $60,010 — 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 $36,841, worked from $45,300. 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 399 of 484.
- Two cautions on $37,942, the adjusted value of that $45,300 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Maine. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 399 of 484 locally.
- The Maine median of $45,300 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,430 to $60,010. 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 $36,841, on $45,300 for work ranking 399 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 399 of 484 in the state.
- This $37,942 adjusted figure, worked from $45,300, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 399 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 399 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,430 at the bottom tenth to $60,010 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $37,942.
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 $36,841.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,430 to $60,010) 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 $37,942 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 $36,841 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.