Tile and Stone Setters in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,128
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$15,592
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,776
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
$70,720
Kept after tax
$55,128
Worth in national money
$56,776
State rank
4
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tile and stone setters is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $70,720, putting the state 4 of 47 — about 26.99% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Tile and stone setters ranks 163 among 484 occupations Maine publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $70,720, take-home of $55,128 is worth roughly $56,776 in national money. The average comes to $83,810, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For tile and stone setters, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $70,720, ranking 4 of 47 and running about 26.99% 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.
- Position 163 of 484 in Maine places tile and stone setters 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.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for tile and stone setters, whose median is $70,720, the adjusted figure of $56,776 differs little from $55,128 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $83,810 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Tile and Stone Setters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,890 |
| This salary | $70,720 |
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 | $55,128 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,582 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,508 |
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 | $65,897 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,768 |
| 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 tile and stone setters in Maine earn under $70,720 and half over. The published range runs $59,280 at the tenth percentile to $131,890 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $55,128 take-home in Maine comes from $70,720. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 163 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $56,776, the adjusted value of that $70,720 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 163 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for tile and stone setters in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $59,280 to $131,890; 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.
- Retained pay of $55,128, from $70,720, assumes a single Maine filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 163 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $56,776 — the adjusted value of that $70,720 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 163 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 $83,810, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $59,280 and the top tenth $131,890 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $56,776 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, $55,128 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $83,810. 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 ($59,280) and the ninetieth ($131,890) 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 $56,776 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 $55,128 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.