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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Social Workers, All Other Salary in Maine

Social Workers, All Other in Maine earn a median annual salary of $55,220, which is -20.5% compared to the national median. There are 560 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Maine (state).

$55,220
Maine median annual wage
$27/hour median
-20.5%
Difference vs national median
National median is $69,480
560
Local employment
0.9 jobs per 1,000 workers
2.08
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$45,760
25th
$51,060
Median
$55,220
75th
$73,710
90th
$94,660

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Maine, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
97.0%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$56,899
Goods: 97.2%
Services: 135.2%
Rents: 78.9%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Nevada$109,220Compare470
Hawaii$108,780Compare260
District of Columbia$107,060Compare300
Rhode Island$106,910Compare100
New Hampshire$104,770Compare80
Oklahoma$100,150Compare330

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Maine

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$229,9002.16
Pediatricians, General$224,2000.80
Family Medicine Physicians$220,5901.41
Dentists, General$208,8600.96
Podiatrists$161,8001.27
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers$158,1900.10
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates$156,7700.77
Database Architects$154,7900.93

Maine has salary data for 641 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Social Workers, All Other in Maine

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Social Workers, All Other are projected to change by +3.9% from 2024 to 2034, with 7,000 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.