Public Relations Managers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$115,076
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$51,864
31.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$118,516
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
$166,940
Kept after tax
$115,076
Worth in national money
$118,516
State rank
7
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for public relations managers is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $166,940, putting the state 7 of 48 — about 13.63% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Maine this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, public relations managers ranks 6 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $166,940 the take-home is $115,076, which is worth about $118,516 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $151,990, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For public relations managers, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $166,940, ranking 7 of 48 and running about 13.63% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Maine publishes a median for, public relations managers sits 6 of 484 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for public relations managers on its $166,940 median: $115,076 retained after tax becomes $118,516 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $151,990 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Public Relations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $166,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $195,860 |
| This salary | $166,940 |
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 | $115,076 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $125,369 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,498 |
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 | $151,879 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,925 |
| 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 public relations managers in Maine earn under $166,940 and half over. The published range runs $77,970 at the tenth percentile to $195,860 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $115,076 take-home in Maine comes from $166,940. 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 6 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $118,516 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 6.
- Figures are distribution medians for public relations managers in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $77,970 to $195,860; 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 $115,076, from $166,940, 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 6 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $118,516, worked from $166,940, 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 6 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 $151,990 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $77,970 at the bottom tenth to $195,860 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $118,516 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, $115,076 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 $151,990. 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 ($77,970 to $195,860) 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 $118,516 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 $115,076 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.