Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,575
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$13,385
20.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,087
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
$63,960
Kept after tax
$50,575
Worth in national money
$52,087
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Maine pays this job a middle wage of $63,960, 35 of 51 states and about 11.27% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 484 occupations Maine reports figures for, this is number 193.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $63,960 the take-home is $50,575, which is worth about $52,087 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $73,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine's $63,960 median for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products places it 35 of 51 states, about 11.27% 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.
- In Maine's occupational distribution, sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products sits at 193 of 484 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products on its $63,960 median: $50,575 retained after tax becomes $52,087 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $73,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $107,460 |
| This salary | $63,960 |
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 | $50,575 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,572 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,043 |
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 | $60,230 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,680 |
| 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 sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products in Maine earn under $63,960 and half over. The published range runs $42,690 at the tenth percentile to $107,460 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $50,575, worked from $63,960. 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 193 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,087, the adjusted value of that $63,960 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 193 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,690 to $107,460; 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.
- The Maine take-home of $50,575, on $63,960 for work ranking 193 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 193 of 484 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $52,087 — the adjusted value of that $63,960 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 193 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 $73,200 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $42,690, the highest tenth $107,460, 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 $52,087 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 $50,575 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $73,200. 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 ($42,690) and the ninetieth ($107,460) 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 $52,087 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 $50,575 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.