Procurement Clerks in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,560
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$10,510
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,832
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
$53,070
Kept after tax
$42,560
Worth in national money
$43,832
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine is one of the better-paying states for procurement clerks. The middle earner takes $53,070, which ranks 16 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 4.92% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 484 occupations Maine reports figures for, this is number 288.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $53,070, tax leaves $42,560, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $43,832 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $55,050, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maine ranks 16 of 51 states publishing a median for procurement clerks, at $53,070 — about 4.92% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Maine's occupational distribution, procurement clerks sits at 288 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 procurement clerks — median $53,070 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $42,560 retained, $43,832 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $55,050 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Procurement Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,220 |
| This salary | $53,070 |
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 | $42,560 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,822 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,293 |
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 | $50,255 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,773 |
| 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 $53,070. The published range is $41,550 up to $72,220, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $42,560, from $53,070, 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 288 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 $43,832, the adjusted value of that $53,070 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 288 of 484 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for procurement clerks in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,550 to $72,220. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $42,560 from $53,070. 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 288 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $43,832 — the adjusted value of that $53,070 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 288 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 $55,050, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $41,550 and the top tenth $72,220, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $43,832 in national terms.
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, $42,560 remains.
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.
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 $55,050. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($41,550 to $72,220) 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 $43,832 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 $42,560 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.