Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,294
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$12,926
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,768
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
$62,220
Kept after tax
$49,294
Worth in national money
$50,768
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maine is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $62,220, which ranks 9 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 15.76% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 213 among 484 occupations Maine publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $62,220 the take-home is $49,294, which is worth about $50,768 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $61,930, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Maine ranks 9 of 51 states publishing a median for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers, at $62,220 — about 15.76% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 213 of 484 in Maine places welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 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.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers on its $62,220 median: $49,294 retained after tax becomes $50,768 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $61,930 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,220 |
| This salary | $62,220 |
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 | $49,294 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,174 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,923 |
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 | $58,636 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,535 |
| 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 welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in Maine earn under $62,220 and half over. The published range runs $47,230 at the tenth percentile to $76,220 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 $49,294, worked from $62,220. 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 213 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $50,768 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 213.
- Figures are distribution medians for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,230 to $76,220; 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 $49,294, on $62,220 for work ranking 213 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 213 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $50,768, worked from $62,220, 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 213 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $47,230 and the top tenth $76,220, 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 $50,768 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, $49,294 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,230 to $76,220) 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 $50,768 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 $49,294 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.