Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary publishes $45,380 here versus $36,780 nationally (+23.4%; 2,530metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $92,310 locally versus $105,770 nationally (-12.7%).
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$45,380 in Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area sits 23.4% above the national Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary median of $36,780 (2,530 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$92,310 in Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area sits 12.7% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,990 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$34,290 in Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area sits 9.9% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,600 published local jobs).
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$52,940 in Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area sits 9.7% below the national Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 (2,400 published local jobs).
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 2300002 · Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #222/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 388 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $377K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Cape Coral-Fort…
- BOOK-FULL 376 rows · May 2025
Read with Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL ($5 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Southwest Maine nonmetropol…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Financial Managers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 550 jobs · $123,550
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 540 jobs · $118,180
- 3. Sales Managers 340 jobs · $107,630
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 330 jobs · $131,410
- 5. Pharmacists 310 jobs · $142,400
- 6. Computer and Information Systems Managers 270 jobs · $140,580
- 7. Physician Assistants 250 jobs · $131,930
- 8. Electrical Engineers 220 jobs · $107,770
- 9. Architectural and Engineering Managers 170 jobs · $134,650
- 10. Veterinarians 170 jobs · $130,380
- 11. Family Medicine Physicians 150 jobs · $266,980
- 12. Marketing Managers 150 jobs · $129,470
- 13. Industrial Production Managers 150 jobs · $122,400
- 14. Chiropractors 70 jobs · $116,420
- 15. Dentists, General 60 jobs · $204,380
- 16. Database Architects 60 jobs · $159,620
- 17. Natural Sciences Managers 50 jobs · $110,070
- 18. General Internal Medicine Physicians 40 jobs · $299,920
Occupations Tracked
388
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$59,099
employment-weighted, 376 complete rows
Top Salary
$377,370
Radiologists
Top-pay occupations in Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Financial Managers | $123,550 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $118,180 |
| 3 | Sales Managers | $107,630 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $131,410 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $142,400 |
| 6 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $140,580 |
| 7 | Physician Assistants | $131,930 |
| 8 | Electrical Engineers | $107,770 |
| 9 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $134,650 |
| 10 | Veterinarians | $130,380 |
| 11 | Family Medicine Physicians | $266,980 |
| 12 | Marketing Managers | $129,470 |
| 13 | Industrial Production Managers | $122,400 |
| 14 | Chiropractors | $116,420 |
| 15 | Dentists, General | $204,380 |
| 16 | Database Architects | $159,620 |
| 17 | Natural Sciences Managers | $110,070 |
| 18 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $299,920 |
| 19 | Commercial Pilots | $117,960 |
| 20 | Pediatricians, General | $245,010 |
| 21 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $161,470 |
| 22 | Optometrists | $134,770 |
| 23 | Engineers, All Other | $122,940 |
| 24 | Radiologists | $377,370 |
| 25 | Computer Network Architects | $108,160 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | $31,030 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $33,180 |
| Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other | $33,280 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $33,690 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $34,290 |
| Floral Designers | $34,430 |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | $34,470 |
| Cashiers | $34,500 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $34,950 |
| Writers and Authors | $34,990 |
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 ($59,099 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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