Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,841
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$27,009
26.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,079
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
$101,850
Kept after tax
$74,841
Worth in national money
$77,079
State rank
26
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maine is 26 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $101,850. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Maine this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 51 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $101,850, take-home of $74,841 is worth roughly $77,079 in national money. The average lands at $97,720, below the middle of the range.
- Maine ranks 26 of 49 for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products at $101,850. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Maine publishes a median for, sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products sits 51 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.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products, whose median is $101,850, the adjusted figure of $77,079 differs little from $74,841 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $97,720 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $164,820 |
| This salary | $101,850 |
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 | $74,841 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,481 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,742 |
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 | $93,833 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,932 |
| 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, technical and scientific products in Maine earn under $101,850 and half over. The published range runs $46,880 at the tenth percentile to $164,820 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $74,841, from $101,850, 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 51 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 $77,079 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 51.
- Figures are distribution medians for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,880 to $164,820; 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.
- Take-home for Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $74,841 from $101,850. 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 51 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $77,079, worked from $101,850, 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 51 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $97,720, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $46,880 and the top tenth $164,820 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Maine sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $77,079 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Maine then takes its own share, leaving $74,841.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 $97,720. 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 ($46,880) and the ninetieth ($164,820) 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 $77,079 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 $74,841 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.