Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,248
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$23,752
25.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,319
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
$93,000
Kept after tax
$69,248
Worth in national money
$71,319
State rank
39
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Maine pays this job a middle wage of $93,000, 39 of 50 states and about 3.79% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maine. It ranks 77 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $93,000, take-home of $69,248 is worth roughly $71,319 in national money. The average lands at $92,930, below the middle of the range.
- Maine's $93,000 median for postmasters and mail superintendents places it 39 of 50 states, about 3.79% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Within Maine, postmasters and mail superintendents ranks 77 of 484 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for postmasters and mail superintendents, whose median is $93,000, the adjusted figure of $71,319 differs little from $69,248 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $92,930 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,330 |
| This salary | $93,000 |
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 | $69,248 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,256 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,096 |
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 | $85,882 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,039 |
| 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 $93,000. The published range is $79,960 up to $104,330, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $69,248, worked from $93,000. 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 77 of 484.
- Two cautions on $71,319, the adjusted value of that $93,000 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 77 of 484 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for postmasters and mail superintendents in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $79,960 to $104,330. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Maine take-home of $69,248, on $93,000 for work ranking 77 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 77 of 484 in the state.
- This $71,319 adjusted figure, worked from $93,000, 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 77 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 77 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $79,960 and the top tenth $104,330, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $71,319.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Maine's own levy, $69,248 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($79,960 to $104,330) 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 $71,319 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 $69,248 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.