Painters, Construction and Maintenance in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,123
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$12,147
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,532
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
$59,270
Kept after tax
$47,123
Worth in national money
$48,532
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maine pays painters, construction and maintenance a middle wage of $59,270, ranking 7 of 51 states and sitting about 19.98% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Painters, construction and maintenance ranks 249 among 484 occupations Maine publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $59,270, tax leaves $47,123, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $48,532 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $60,230, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maine's median for painters, construction and maintenance is $59,270, about 19.98% above the national figure and 7 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 249 of 484 in Maine places painters, construction and maintenance in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for painters, construction and maintenance — median $59,270 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $47,123 retained, $48,532 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $60,230 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Painters, Construction and Maintenance
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,530 |
| This salary | $59,270 |
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 | $47,123 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,803 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,720 |
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 | $55,934 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,289 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $59,270 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,320 and the ninetieth is $75,530 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $47,123 take-home in Maine comes from $59,270. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 249 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $48,532 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 249.
- The Maine median of $59,270 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,320 to $75,530. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $47,123, from $59,270, assumes a single Maine filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 249 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $48,532, worked from $59,270, 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 249 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,320 at the tenth percentile, $75,530 at the ninetieth.
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 $48,532.
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 $47,123.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,320 to $75,530) 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 $48,532 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 $47,123 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.