Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,926
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$12,794
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,389
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
$61,720
Kept after tax
$48,926
Worth in national money
$50,389
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maine is 33 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $61,720. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 223 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 $61,720, take-home of $48,926 is worth roughly $50,389 in national money. The average comes to $64,720, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maine ranks 33 of 51 for telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers at $61,720. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers ranks 223 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 telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers, whose median is $61,720, the adjusted figure of $50,389 differs little from $48,926 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $64,720 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $91,310 |
| This salary | $61,720 |
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 | $48,926 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,772 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,888 |
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 | $58,178 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,493 |
| 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 $61,720. The published range is $48,780 up to $91,310, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $48,926, from $61,720, 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 223 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 $50,389 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 223.
- Reported values are medians; for telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers in Maine the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,780 to $91,310. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $48,926 from $61,720. 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 223 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $50,389, worked from $61,720, 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 223 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 $64,720, 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 $48,780 and the top tenth $91,310, 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 $50,389 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $48,926 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $64,720. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,780 to $91,310) 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 $50,389 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 $48,926 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.