Teachers and Instructors, All Other in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,769
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$20,561
24.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,675
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
$84,330
Kept after tax
$63,769
Worth in national money
$65,675
State rank
8
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for teachers and instructors, all other is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $84,330, putting the state 8 of 50 — about 27.5% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Maine reports, teachers and instructors, all other comes in at 93 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $84,330, tax leaves $63,769, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $65,675 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $80,860.
- For teachers and instructors, all other, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $84,330, ranking 8 of 50 and running about 27.5% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Teachers and instructors, all other ranks 93 of 484 occupations by median in Maine, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for teachers and instructors, all other — median $84,330 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $63,769 retained, $65,675 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $80,860 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Teachers and Instructors, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,060 |
| This salary | $84,330 |
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 | $63,769 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,156 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,462 |
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 | $78,094 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,164 |
| 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 teachers and instructors, all other in Maine earn under $84,330 and half over. The published range runs $45,920 at the tenth percentile to $106,060 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $63,769, from $84,330, 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 93 of 484 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $65,675, the adjusted value of that $84,330 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 93 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for teachers and instructors, all other in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,920 to $106,060; 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 $63,769 from $84,330. 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 93 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $65,675 — the adjusted value of that $84,330 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 93 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $80,860, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $45,920 and the top tenth $106,060, so most people doing this work in Maine sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $65,675 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 $63,769.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $80,860. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,920 to $106,060) 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 $65,675 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 $63,769 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.