Skincare Specialists in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,606
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$11,244
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,939
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
$55,850
Kept after tax
$44,606
Worth in national money
$45,939
State rank
7
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maine pays skincare specialists a middle wage of $55,850, ranking 7 of 49 states and sitting about 23.21% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Skincare specialists ranks 278 among 484 occupations Maine publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $55,850 the take-home is $44,606, which is worth about $45,939 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $62,360, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Maine's median for skincare specialists is $55,850, about 23.21% above the national figure and 7 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 278 of 484 in Maine places skincare specialists in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for skincare specialists on its $55,850 median: $44,606 retained after tax becomes $45,939 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $62,360 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Skincare Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,190 |
| This salary | $55,850 |
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 | $44,606 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,055 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,484 |
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 | $52,801 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,004 |
| 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 skincare specialists in Maine earn under $55,850 and half over. The published range runs $34,520 at the tenth percentile to $100,190 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $44,606, from $55,850, 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 278 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 $45,939 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 278.
- Figures are distribution medians for skincare specialists in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,520 to $100,190; 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 $44,606 from $55,850. 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 278 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,939, worked from $55,850, 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 278 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 $62,360, 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 $34,520 and the top tenth $100,190 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $45,939.
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 $44,606.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $62,360. 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 ($34,520) and the ninetieth ($100,190) 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 $45,939 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 $44,606 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.