Real Estate Sales Agents in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,401
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$11,529
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,758
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
$56,930
Kept after tax
$45,401
Worth in national money
$46,758
State rank
24
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maine is 24 of 48 states for real estate sales agents, with a middle wage of $56,930. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 272 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $56,930, take-home of $45,401 is worth roughly $46,758 in national money. The average comes to $64,840, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maine ranks 24 of 48 for real estate sales agents at $56,930. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Real estate sales agents ranks 272 of 484 occupations in Maine by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for real estate sales agents, whose median is $56,930, the adjusted figure of $46,758 differs little from $45,401 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $64,840 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Real Estate Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $114,130 |
| This salary | $56,930 |
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 | $45,401 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,923 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,559 |
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 | $53,790 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,094 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Maine earn less than $56,930. The published range is $30,920 up to $114,130, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $45,401, worked from $56,930. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 272 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,758 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 272.
- Reported values are medians; for real estate sales agents in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,920 to $114,130. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Maine take-home of $45,401, on $56,930 for work ranking 272 of 484 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 272 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,758, worked from $56,930, 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 272 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 $64,840 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $30,920 and the top tenth $114,130 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $46,758 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, $45,401 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $64,840. 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 ($30,920) and the ninetieth ($114,130) 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 $46,758 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 $45,401 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.