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.
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.
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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How to use Portland-South Portland, ME wage figures in a real decision
- Radiologists leads published medians in Portland-South Portland, ME at $578,230/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Radiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $68,179 adjusts to about $66,935 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 101.9. 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.