Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,081
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$13,209
20.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,579
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
$63,290
Kept after tax
$50,081
Worth in national money
$51,579
State rank
25
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maine is 25 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $63,290. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 199 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 $63,290, take-home of $50,081 is worth roughly $51,579 in national money. The average comes to $72,740, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maine ranks 25 of 50 for tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents at $63,290. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents ranks 199 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 tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents, whose median is $63,290, the adjusted figure of $51,579 differs little from $50,081 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $72,740 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $113,760 |
| This salary | $63,290 |
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 | $50,081 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,034 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,996 |
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 | $59,616 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,624 |
| 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 tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents in Maine earn under $63,290 and half over. The published range runs $49,630 at the tenth percentile to $113,760 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $50,081, from $63,290, 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 199 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 $51,579 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 199.
- Figures are distribution medians for tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,630 to $113,760; 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 $50,081 from $63,290. 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 199 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $51,579, worked from $63,290, 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 199 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 $72,740 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 $49,630, the highest tenth $113,760, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $51,579 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $50,081 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $72,740. 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 ($49,630) and the ninetieth ($113,760) 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 $51,579 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 $50,081 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.