Portland-South Portland, ME Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Portland-South Portland, ME - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Portland-South Portland, ME moved from $53,280 in May 2024 to $56,960 in May 2025 (+6.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Portland-South Portland, ME sits +3.8 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Portland-South Portland, ME
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary publishes $48,770 here versus $36,780 nationally (+32.6%; 3,170metro-area jobs). Next is Waiters and Waitresses at $44,070 locally versus $35,230 nationally (+25.1%).
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$48,770 in Portland-South Portland, ME sits 32.6% above the national Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary median of $36,780 (3,170 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$44,070 in Portland-South Portland, ME sits 25.1% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (5,070 published local jobs).
- Cooks, Restaurant$46,560 in Portland-South Portland, ME sits 24.5% above the national Cooks, Restaurant median of $37,390 (2,730 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$76,770 in Portland-South Portland, ME sits 20.0% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (2,830 published local jobs).
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Portland-South Portland, ME; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 38860 · Portland-South Portland, ME $68K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #63/528
- RPP-MID 101.9
- OCC-MOST 497 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $578K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-AHEAD +3.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Massachusetts no…
- BOOK-FULL 471 rows · May 2025
Read with Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area (+$17 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 Portland-South Portland, ME
Employment scale inside Portland-South Portland, ME's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Marketing Managers lead published employment inside Portland-South Portland, ME's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 1,550 jobs · $138,590
- 2. Marketing Managers 860 jobs · $135,380
- 3. Computer and Information Systems Managers 700 jobs · $167,100
- 4. Physicians, All Other 690 jobs · $442,790
- 5. Pharmacists 620 jobs · $140,620
- 6. Chief Executives 600 jobs · $176,000
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 490 jobs · $164,530
- 8. Family Medicine Physicians 370 jobs · $237,200
- 9. Human Resources Managers 320 jobs · $137,550
- 10. Natural Sciences Managers 240 jobs · $155,080
- 11. Nurse Anesthetists 190 jobs · $256,620
- 12. General Internal Medicine Physicians 150 jobs · $304,390
- 13. Dentists, General 150 jobs · $221,190
- 14. Anesthesiologists 100 jobs · $438,550
- 15. Optometrists 100 jobs · $161,220
- 16. Purchasing Managers 100 jobs · $142,240
- 17. Pediatricians, General 80 jobs · $245,920
- 18. Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric 60 jobs · $337,850
Occupations Tracked
497
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$68,179
employment-weighted, 471 complete rows
Top Salary
$578,230
Radiologists
Cost of Living
101.9
2% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Portland-South Portland, ME
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiologists | $578,230 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $442,790 |
| 3 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $438,700 |
| 4 | Anesthesiologists | $438,550 |
| 5 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $337,850 |
| 6 | Orthodontists | $323,460 |
| 7 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $304,390 |
| 8 | Psychiatrists | $300,180 |
| 9 | Nurse Anesthetists | $256,620 |
| 10 | Pediatricians, General | $245,920 |
| 11 | Family Medicine Physicians | $237,200 |
| 12 | Dentists, General | $221,190 |
| 13 | Chief Executives | $176,000 |
| 14 | Sales Managers | $174,990 |
| 15 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $167,100 |
| 16 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $164,530 |
| 17 | Optometrists | $161,220 |
| 18 | Natural Sciences Managers | $155,080 |
| 19 | Purchasing Managers | $142,240 |
| 20 | Pharmacists | $140,620 |
| 21 | Law Teachers, Postsecondary | $138,870 |
| 22 | Financial Managers | $138,590 |
| 23 | Actuaries | $138,220 |
| 24 | Human Resources Managers | $137,550 |
| 25 | Marketing Managers | $135,380 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Portland-South Portland, ME
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Parking Attendants | $30,470 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | $32,150 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $34,360 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $34,570 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $35,050 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $35,300 |
| Food Processing Workers, All Other | $35,520 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $35,810 |
| Floral Designers | $35,930 |
| Cashiers | $36,210 |
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 ($68,179 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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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