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.
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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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.