Purchasing Managers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,122
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$39,848
29.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$98,996
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
$135,970
Kept after tax
$96,122
Worth in national money
$98,996
State rank
25
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine sits in the middle of the pack for purchasing managers. The median is $135,970, ranking 25 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maine. It ranks 15 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $135,970, tax leaves $96,122, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $98,996 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $139,990, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maine occupies the middle band for purchasing managers: a median of $135,970, ranking 25 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Maine, purchasing managers ranks 15 of 484 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for purchasing managers — median $135,970 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $96,122 retained, $98,996 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $139,990 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Purchasing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $88,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $135,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $189,970 |
| This salary | $135,970 |
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 | $96,122 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $104,201 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,235 |
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 | $124,149 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,708 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $135,970 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $88,400 and the ninetieth is $189,970 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $96,122, from $135,970, 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 15 of 484 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $98,996 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 15.
- The Maine median of $135,970 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $88,400 to $189,970. 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 $96,122 from $135,970. 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 15 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $98,996, worked from $135,970, 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 15 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $88,400, the highest tenth $189,970, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $98,996 in national terms.
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 $96,122 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($88,400) and the ninetieth ($189,970) 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 $98,996 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 $96,122 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.