Tellers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,065
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$7,825
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,113
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
$42,890
Kept after tax
$35,065
Worth in national money
$36,113
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maine pays tellers around $42,890 at the midpoint, 23 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 484 occupations Maine publishes, tellers lands at 422. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $42,890, tax leaves $35,065, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $36,113 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $42,360.
- For tellers the Maine median is $42,890, ranking 23 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Maine, this work ranks 422 of 484 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for tellers — median $42,890 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $35,065 retained, $36,113 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $42,360 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Tellers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,910 |
| This salary | $42,890 |
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 | $35,065 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,642 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,594 |
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 | $40,927 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,928 |
| 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 tellers in Maine earn under $42,890 and half over. The published range runs $37,320 at the tenth percentile to $46,910 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $35,065, worked from $42,890. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 422 of 484.
- Two cautions on $36,113, the adjusted value of that $42,890 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Maine. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 422 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for tellers in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,320 to $46,910; 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.
- The Maine take-home of $35,065, on $42,890 for work ranking 422 of 484 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 422 of 484 in the state.
- This $36,113 adjusted figure, worked from $42,890, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 422 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 422 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,320 at the bottom tenth to $46,910 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $36,113.
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 $35,065.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,320 to $46,910) 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 $36,113 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 $35,065 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.