Lewiston-Auburn, ME Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Lewiston-Auburn, ME - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Lewiston-Auburn, ME moved from $48,070 in May 2024 to $49,540 in May 2025 (+3.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Lewiston-Auburn, ME sits -0.0 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 30340 · Lewiston-Auburn, ME $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #213/528
- RPP-LOW 94.7
- OCC-MID 228 occs
- TOP-LEAD Nurse Anesthet… · $247K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE -0.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Ames, IA
- BOOK-MOST 227 rows · May 2025
Read with Ames, IA ($3 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 Lewiston-Auburn, ME
Employment scale inside Lewiston-Auburn, ME's top-pay list
General and Operations Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Lewiston-Auburn, ME's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 950 jobs · $96,730
- 2. Financial Managers 240 jobs · $131,190
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 180 jobs · $135,630
- 4. Sales Managers 170 jobs · $125,230
- 5. Medical and Health Services Managers 170 jobs · $104,040
- 6. Project Management Specialists 160 jobs · $102,490
- 7. Software Developers 150 jobs · $117,700
- 8. Lawyers 150 jobs · $105,240
- 9. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 130 jobs · $103,130
- 10. Physical Therapists 130 jobs · $98,300
- 11. Loan Officers 100 jobs · $96,990
- 12. Physician Assistants 80 jobs · $143,710
- 13. Pharmacists 80 jobs · $142,840
- 14. Construction Managers 80 jobs · $117,870
- 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 70 jobs · $138,050
- 16. Managers, All Other 70 jobs · $131,520
- 17. Electrical Engineers 70 jobs · $127,370
- 18. Industrial Production Managers 70 jobs · $126,300
Occupations Tracked
228
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$59,296
employment-weighted, 227 complete rows
Top Salary
$247,470
Nurse Anesthetists
Cost of Living
94.7
5% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Lewiston-Auburn, ME
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nurse Anesthetists | $247,470 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $239,740 |
| 3 | Physician Assistants | $143,710 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $142,840 |
| 5 | Chief Executives | $138,440 |
| 6 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $138,050 |
| 7 | Nurse Practitioners | $135,630 |
| 8 | Managers, All Other | $131,520 |
| 9 | Financial Managers | $131,190 |
| 10 | Electrical Engineers | $127,370 |
| 11 | Industrial Production Managers | $126,300 |
| 12 | Marketing Managers | $126,140 |
| 13 | Sales Managers | $125,230 |
| 14 | Construction Managers | $117,870 |
| 15 | Software Developers | $117,700 |
| 16 | Human Resources Managers | $114,320 |
| 17 | Lawyers | $105,240 |
| 18 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $104,040 |
| 19 | Administrative Services Managers | $104,010 |
| 20 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $103,130 |
| 21 | Facilities Managers | $102,800 |
| 22 | Project Management Specialists | $102,490 |
| 23 | Physical Therapists | $98,300 |
| 24 | Loan Officers | $96,990 |
| 25 | General and Operations Managers | $96,730 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Lewiston-Auburn, ME
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $32,750 |
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | $33,090 |
| Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers | $33,300 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $34,440 |
| Childcare Workers | $34,570 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $34,720 |
| Dishwashers | $34,920 |
| Animal Caretakers | $35,110 |
| Cashiers | $35,280 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $35,470 |
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 ($59,296 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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