Property Appraisers and Assessors in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,620
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$19,310
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,462
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
$80,930
Kept after tax
$61,620
Worth in national money
$63,462
State rank
8
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $80,930, putting the state 8 of 50 — about 19.08% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Maine reports, this job comes in at 118 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $80,930 the take-home is $61,620, which is worth about $63,462 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $85,160, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For property appraisers and assessors, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $80,930, ranking 8 of 50 and running about 19.08% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Property appraisers and assessors ranks 118 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.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for property appraisers and assessors on its $80,930 median: $61,620 retained after tax becomes $63,462 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $85,160 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Property Appraisers and Assessors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $118,590 |
| This salary | $80,930 |
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 | $61,620 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,764 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,214 |
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 | $75,039 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,821 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of property appraisers and assessors in Maine earn under $80,930 and half over. The published range runs $53,340 at the tenth percentile to $118,590 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $61,620 take-home in Maine comes from $80,930. 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 118 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $63,462, the adjusted value of that $80,930 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 118 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for property appraisers and assessors in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $53,340 to $118,590; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $61,620, from $80,930, 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 118 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $63,462 — the adjusted value of that $80,930 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 118 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 $85,160, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $53,340 at the bottom tenth to $118,590 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 $63,462.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Maine then takes its own share, leaving $61,620.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $85,160. 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 ($53,340) and the ninetieth ($118,590) 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 $63,462 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 $61,620 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.