Project Management Specialists in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,829
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$27,001
26.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,066
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
$101,830
Kept after tax
$74,829
Worth in national money
$77,066
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maine pays project management specialists a middle wage of $101,830, ranking 17 of 51 states and sitting about 0.48% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Maine reports, project management specialists comes in at 52 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $101,830, take-home of $74,829 is worth roughly $77,066 in national money. The average comes to $104,230, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maine's median for project management specialists is $101,830, about 0.48% above the national figure and 17 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.
- Project management specialists ranks 52 of 484 occupations by median in Maine, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for project management specialists, whose median is $101,830, the adjusted figure of $77,066 differs little from $74,829 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $104,230 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Project Management Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $147,640 |
| This salary | $101,830 |
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 | $74,829 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,467 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,741 |
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 | $93,815 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,930 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $101,830 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $63,560 and the ninetieth is $147,640 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $74,829 take-home in Maine comes from $101,830. 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 52 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $77,066, the adjusted value of that $101,830 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 52 of 484 in the state.
- The Maine median of $101,830 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $63,560 to $147,640. 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 $74,829, from $101,830, 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 52 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $77,066 — the adjusted value of that $101,830 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 52 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $63,560 at the bottom tenth to $147,640 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 $77,066.
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 $74,829 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($63,560) and the ninetieth ($147,640) 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 $77,066 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 $74,829 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.