Sheet Metal Workers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,220
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$12,900
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,692
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
$62,120
Kept after tax
$49,220
Worth in national money
$50,692
State rank
26
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maine is 26 of 50 states for sheet metal workers, with a middle wage of $62,120. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 216 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 $62,120, take-home of $49,220 is worth roughly $50,692 in national money. The average lands at $61,830, below the middle of the range.
- Maine ranks 26 of 50 for sheet metal workers at $62,120. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Sheet metal workers ranks 216 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 sheet metal workers, whose median is $62,120, the adjusted figure of $50,692 differs little from $49,220 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $61,830 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Sheet Metal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,490 |
| This salary | $62,120 |
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 | $49,220 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,093 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,916 |
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 | $58,544 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,526 |
| 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 $62,120. The published range is $47,930 up to $75,490, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $49,220 take-home in Maine comes from $62,120. 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 216 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $50,692, the adjusted value of that $62,120 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 216 of 484 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for sheet metal workers in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,930 to $75,490. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $49,220, from $62,120, 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 216 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $50,692 — the adjusted value of that $62,120 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 216 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $47,930 and the top tenth $75,490, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $50,692 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, $49,220 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,930 to $75,490) 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 $50,692 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 $49,220 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.