Bangor, ME Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Bangor, ME - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Bangor, ME moved from $47,120 in May 2024 to $47,960 in May 2025 (+1.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Bangor, ME sits -1.3 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Fast Food and Counter Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Bangor, ME
Fast Food and Counter Workers publishes $34,140 here versus $31,200 nationally (+9.4%; 2,550metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $37,900 locally versus $35,800 nationally (+5.9%).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$34,140 in Bangor, ME sits 9.4% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,550 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$37,900 in Bangor, ME sits 5.9% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,290 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$93,940 in Bangor, ME sits 3.7% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,190 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$35,560 in Bangor, ME sits 0.4% above the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,210 published local jobs).
Fast Food and Counter Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Bangor, ME; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 12620 · Bangor, ME $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #228/528
- RPP-MID 96.5
- OCC-MID 304 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $550K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE -1.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Central Oregon n…
- BOOK-MOST 294 rows · May 2025
Read with Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area (+$61 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Bangor, ME
Employment scale inside Bangor, ME's top-pay list
Medical and Health Services Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Bangor, ME's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 330 jobs · $118,450
- 2. Financial Managers 300 jobs · $130,010
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 220 jobs · $131,460
- 4. Lawyers 210 jobs · $116,240
- 5. Pharmacists 200 jobs · $145,210
- 6. Chief Executives 190 jobs · $176,370
- 7. Construction Managers 170 jobs · $113,230
- 8. Managers, All Other 130 jobs · $125,240
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 120 jobs · $136,680
- 10. Physicians, All Other 110 jobs · $389,240
- 11. Physician Assistants 110 jobs · $130,380
- 12. Software Developers 110 jobs · $104,140
- 13. Family Medicine Physicians 80 jobs · $250,350
- 14. Nurse Anesthetists 80 jobs · $239,000
- 15. Human Resources Managers 80 jobs · $126,560
- 16. Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 80 jobs · $107,240
- 17. Marketing Managers 70 jobs · $126,570
- 18. Dentists, General 50 jobs · $204,780
Occupations Tracked
304
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,812
employment-weighted, 294 complete rows
Top Salary
$550,480
Radiologists
Cost of Living
96.5
3% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Bangor, ME
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiologists | $550,480 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $389,240 |
| 3 | Family Medicine Physicians | $250,350 |
| 4 | Nurse Anesthetists | $239,000 |
| 5 | Dentists, General | $204,780 |
| 6 | Chief Executives | $176,370 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $145,210 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $136,680 |
| 9 | Industrial Production Managers | $132,220 |
| 10 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $131,490 |
| 11 | Nurse Practitioners | $131,460 |
| 12 | Physician Assistants | $130,380 |
| 13 | Financial Managers | $130,010 |
| 14 | Veterinarians | $127,730 |
| 15 | Marketing Managers | $126,570 |
| 16 | Human Resources Managers | $126,560 |
| 17 | Managers, All Other | $125,240 |
| 18 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $118,450 |
| 19 | Lawyers | $116,240 |
| 20 | Construction Managers | $113,230 |
| 21 | Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | $107,240 |
| 22 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $106,740 |
| 23 | Mechanical Engineers | $105,450 |
| 24 | Software Developers | $104,140 |
| 25 | Natural Sciences Managers | $103,230 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Bangor, ME
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $30,470 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $30,840 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $30,880 |
| Cashiers | $32,200 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $32,500 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $32,740 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $32,900 |
| Recreation Workers | $33,790 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $34,140 |
| Dishwashers | $34,490 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in ME
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside ME. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($58,812 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Bangor, ME wage figures in a real decision
- Radiologists leads published medians in Bangor, ME at $550,480/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Radiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $58,812 adjusts to about $60,940 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 96.5. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for ME before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.