Highest Paying Jobs in Maine

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Salary

$555,750

Radiologists

Top 25 Average

$227,673

median salary

$100K+ Jobs

occupations

Occupations

100

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This ranking surfaces the 100 highest-paying occupations in Maine by BLS OEWS state median salary, drawn from the May 2025 release. At the top, Radiologists pays a state median of $555,750, +32% above the national median of $420,860 for the same role. Of the 100 tracked positions, 78 pay above $100,000 per year in Maine - a useful threshold for separating specialist professional roles from mid-tier employment. The top-10 average sits at $334,451, giving a sense of what elite specialists inside this state actually clear.

The "Difference" column compares each state median to the corresponding national median for the same SOC code, making pay premiums and discounts immediately visible. In this list, 40 of 100 occupations pay above the national median in Maine, which usually signals one of three things: a local concentration of specialized employers (finance hubs, tech clusters, research universities, federal agencies), a cost-of-living adjustment baked into state-wide wage scales, or scarce in-state talent supply bidding up competitive roles. Occupations paying below the national median are not necessarily bad news, they often reflect lower cost of living in the state or industries where Maine is not a concentrated employer.

Rankings like this show ceiling-potential by specialty, but they don't tell you the odds of landing one of those roles. Pair this table with the employment column (how many workers the state actually employs in each occupation) and the growth projections on each occupation's national page to see whether the field is expanding or contracting. BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime, especially distorting for top-paying roles where equity and performance compensation can represent 30-50% of total pay. Use this leaderboard to shortlist careers worth exploring in Maine, then drill into each row's linked profile to check percentile spread, typical education, metro-level variation, and whether projected openings match your timeline.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Employment
1	Radiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$555,750	$420,860	+32% above	N/A
2	Physicians, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$419,410	$265,930	+58% above	1,340
3	Obstetricians and Gynecologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$379,930	$292,910	+30% above	100
4	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$337,850	$300,080	+13% above	90
5	General Internal Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$316,880	$256,560	+24% above	270
6	Orthodontists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$301,250	$289,140	+4% above	60
7	Psychiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$300,180	$281,870	+6% above	80
8	Nurse Anesthetists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$247,470	$236,590	+5% above	380
9	Pediatricians, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$245,920	$210,040	+17% above	130
10	Family Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$239,870	$244,180	2% below	730
11	Dentists, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$209,200	$170,950	+22% above	310
12	Podiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$200,850	$160,300	+25% above	40
13	Public Relations Managers Management Occupations	$166,940	$146,910	+14% above	N/A
14	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Legal Occupations	$161,470	$153,990	+5% above	100
15	Computer and Information Systems Managers Management Occupations	$160,260	$175,140	8% below	1,450
16	Sales Managers Management Occupations	$158,660	$148,270	+7% above	N/A
17	Optometrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$154,110	$136,570	+13% above	180
18	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$147,930	$232,140	36% below	40
19	Architectural and Engineering Managers Management Occupations	$145,720	$171,270	15% below	820
20	Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers Construction and Extraction Occupations	$143,690	$109,910	+31% above	110
21	Natural Sciences Managers Management Occupations	$141,360	$167,220	15% below	430
22	Financial Risk Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$141,020	$117,330	+20% above	N/A
23	Pharmacists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$140,930	$140,910	same as	1,380
24	Chief Executives Management Occupations	$138,770	$213,990	35% below	1,580
25	Law Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$136,400	$128,500	+6% above	50
26	Purchasing Managers Management Occupations	$135,970	$148,080	8% below	170
27	Marketing Managers Management Occupations	$135,380	$166,790	19% below	1,320
28	Financial Managers Management Occupations	$133,610	$166,570	20% below	3,120
29	Nurse Midwives Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$133,270	$134,040	1% below	50
30	Database Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$133,120	$139,500	5% below	190
31	Physician Assistants Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$131,170	$135,880	3% below	1,030
32	Veterinarians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$130,600	$130,100	same as	600
33	Nurse Practitioners Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$130,260	$132,300	2% below	1,650
34	Human Resources Managers Management Occupations	$129,720	$149,280	13% below	700
35	Compensation and Benefits Managers Management Occupations	$129,690	$149,230	13% below	50
36	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$127,490	$130,220	2% below	N/A
37	Economics Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$125,960	$123,920	+2% above	70
38	Industrial Production Managers Management Occupations	$124,810	$126,060	1% below	800
39	Nuclear Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$123,780	$133,970	8% below	420
40	Software Developers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$123,120	$135,980	9% below	2,790
41	Power Distributors and Dispatchers Production Occupations	$121,520	$106,730	+14% above	100
42	Engineers, All Other Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$120,430	$122,930	2% below	590
43	Medical and Health Services Managers Management Occupations	$120,320	$123,860	3% below	2,450
44	Actuaries Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$119,620	$130,000	8% below	80
45	Commercial Pilots Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$117,560	$123,220	5% below	100
46	Training and Development Managers Management Occupations	$117,170	$133,000	12% below	130
47	Fundraising Managers Management Occupations	$116,470	$125,470	7% below	220
48	Managers, All Other Management Occupations	$115,920	$141,900	18% below	1,860
49	Electrical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$114,620	$120,630	5% below	1,150
50	Lawyers Legal Occupations	$113,120	$159,670	29% below	2,280
51	Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$112,010	$115,210	3% below	160
52	Construction Managers Management Occupations	$110,070	$114,990	4% below	1,460
53	Financial Specialists, All Other Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$109,060	$81,100	+34% above	1,250
54	Computer Network Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$108,570	$134,050	19% below	570
55	Computer Occupations, All Other Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$107,990	$116,580	7% below	900
56	Chiropractors Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$107,300	$79,200	+35% above	250
57	Air Traffic Controllers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$107,270	$148,080	28% below	70
58	Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$107,060	$78,350	+37% above	810
59	Advertising and Promotions Managers Management Occupations	$106,280	$133,660	20% below	N/A
60	Administrative Services Managers Management Occupations	$105,380	$114,130	8% below	N/A
61	Biological Scientists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$104,570	$98,920	+6% above	340
62	Physics Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$104,270	$100,310	+4% above	60
63	Atmospheric and Space Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$103,710	$99,070	+5% above	50
64	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$103,090	$107,310	4% below	730
65	Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$103,060	$85,020	+21% above	50
66	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Management Occupations	$102,890	$105,870	3% below	1,710
67	Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$102,760	$80,260	+28% above	60
68	Mechanical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$102,430	$104,110	2% below	890
69	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Management Occupations	$102,110	$107,230	5% below	370
70	Audiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$102,060	$95,780	+7% above	60
71	Radiation Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$101,980	$105,310	3% below	140
72	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales and Related Occupations	$101,850	$104,920	3% below	N/A
73	Project Management Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$101,830	$102,320	same as	2,620
74	Computer Programmers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$101,780	$100,390	+1% above	450
75	Information Security Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$101,730	$129,180	21% below	400
76	Industrial Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$101,030	$102,440	1% below	1,030
77	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$100,430	$112,230	11% below	260
78	Art Directors Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	$100,300	$114,850	13% below	N/A
79	Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$99,730	$96,980	+3% above	120
80	Physical Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$99,720	$102,760	3% below	1,860
81	History Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$99,610	$83,820	+19% above	80
82	Nuclear Medicine Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$99,500	$101,370	2% below	70
83	Operations Research Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$99,460	$88,940	+12% above	220
84	General and Operations Managers Management Occupations	$98,860	$105,770	7% below	14,770
85	Facilities Managers Management Occupations	$98,310	$106,660	8% below	670
86	Civil Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$97,820	$100,840	3% below	1,240
87	Dental Hygienists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$97,680	$98,100	same as	1,060
88	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$97,640	$90,150	+8% above	600
89	Materials Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$97,110	$112,860	14% below	100
90	Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$96,970	$79,350	+22% above	70
91	Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$96,760	$98,070	1% below	60
92	Labor Relations Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$96,680	$95,420	+1% above	210
93	Computer Systems Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$95,820	$105,850	9% below	2,480
94	Insurance Underwriters Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$95,510	$81,370	+17% above	520
95	Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$95,320	$103,170	8% below	130
96	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$95,230	$96,590	1% below	380
97	Sales Engineers Sales and Related Occupations	$95,180	$124,900	24% below	140
98	Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$94,140	$95,480	1% below	210
99	Gas Plant Operators Production Occupations	$93,990	$87,820	+7% above	30
100	Environmental Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$93,930	$107,110	12% below	220

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in Maine. The "Difference" column shows how Maine pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

Every figure on WageDex is rendered directly from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, no number is typed in by an editor. These figures are computed directly from BLS OEWS state-level wage data. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2025.

Compiled by WageDex Editorial, Occupational Wages Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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