Bakers Salary in Portland, ME

Bakers pay range in Portland

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $34,260 a year or less, while the top 10% make $47,520 or more. The middle half of bakers in Portland earn between $35,530 and $45,750.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Bakers salary after taxes in Portland

On the average salary of $40,270, a single filer in Portland takes home about $33,419 a year, or $2,785 a month and $1,285 every two weeks. Taxes take 17% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Maine's standard deduction phase-out above $102,250 of income is not modelled.

Is Portland a good place for bakers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Portland area are 2% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 101.9), so the average $40,270 buys what about $39,535 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Portland ($56,960). A typical home costs $542,063, or 13.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Bakers salary in other Maine cities

Portland ranks 1st of 3 Maine metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Highest-paying cities for bakers

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($52,420).

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