Producers and Directors in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,510
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$15,810
22.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,169
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
$71,320
Kept after tax
$55,510
Worth in national money
$57,169
State rank
22
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maine pays producers and directors around $71,320 at the midpoint, 22 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 484 occupations Maine reports figures for, this is number 161.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $71,320, tax leaves $55,510, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $57,169 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $85,650, since top earners drag the number up.
- For producers and directors the Maine median is $71,320, ranking 22 of 50 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.
- In Maine's occupational distribution, producers and directors sits at 161 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 producers and directors — median $71,320 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $55,510 retained, $57,169 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $85,650 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Producers and Directors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $138,230 |
| This salary | $71,320 |
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 | $55,510 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,004 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,550 |
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 | $66,372 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,893 |
| 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 $71,320. The published range is $44,000 up to $138,230, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $55,510 take-home in Maine comes from $71,320. 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 161 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $57,169 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 161.
- Reported values are medians; for producers and directors in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,000 to $138,230. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $55,510, from $71,320, 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 161 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 22 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $57,169, worked from $71,320, 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 161 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $85,650, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $44,000 at the bottom tenth to $138,230 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $57,169.
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 $55,510 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 $85,650. 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 ($44,000) and the ninetieth ($138,230) 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 $57,169 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 $55,510 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.