Production Workers, All Other in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,702
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$8,768
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,829
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
$46,470
Kept after tax
$37,702
Worth in national money
$38,829
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine is one of the better-paying states for production workers, all other. The middle earner takes $46,470, which ranks 10 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 15.86% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Maine, this one sits low: 380 of 484 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $46,470, tax leaves $37,702, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $38,829 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $51,920, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maine ranks 10 of 51 states publishing a median for production workers, all other, at $46,470 — about 15.86% 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.
- Production workers, all other occupies position 380 of 484 in Maine's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for production workers, all other — median $46,470 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $37,702 retained, $38,829 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $51,920 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Production Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,720 |
| This salary | $46,470 |
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 | $37,702 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,519 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,838 |
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 | $44,209 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,223 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,470 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,400 and the ninetieth is $68,720 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $37,702, from $46,470, 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 380 of 484 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $38,829, the adjusted value of that $46,470 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 380 of 484 locally.
- The Maine median of $46,470 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,400 to $68,720. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,702 from $46,470. 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 380 of 484 locally.
- This $38,829 adjusted figure, worked from $46,470, 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 380 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 380 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $51,920 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,400 and the top tenth $68,720, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Maine sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $38,829 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $37,702 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $51,920. 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 ($38,400 to $68,720) 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 $38,829 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 $37,702 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.