Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,557
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$9,433
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,739
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
$48,990
Kept after tax
$39,557
Worth in national money
$40,739
State rank
31
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Maine pays this job a middle wage of $48,990, 31 of 45 states and about 5.79% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 322 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 $48,990, take-home of $39,557 is worth roughly $40,739 in national money. The average comes to $50,320, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maine's $48,990 median for recreational vehicle service technicians places it 31 of 45 states, about 5.79% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Recreational vehicle service technicians ranks 322 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 recreational vehicle service technicians, whose median is $48,990, the adjusted figure of $40,739 differs little from $39,557 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $50,320 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,290 |
| This salary | $48,990 |
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 | $39,557 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,543 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,012 |
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 | $46,517 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,433 |
| 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 $48,990. The published range is $36,560 up to $61,290, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,557 take-home in Maine comes from $48,990. 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 322 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,739 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 322.
- Reported values are medians; for recreational vehicle service technicians in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,560 to $61,290. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,557, from $48,990, 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 322 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,739, worked from $48,990, 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 322 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,560 and the top tenth $61,290, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $40,739.
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 $39,557 of this wage survives to your account.
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 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,560 to $61,290) 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 $40,739 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 $39,557 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.