Dishwashers Salary in Portland, ME

Dishwashers pay range in Portland

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,690 a year or less, while the top 10% make $44,760 or more. The middle half of dishwashers in Portland earn between $34,260 and $40,170.

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

Dishwashers salary after taxes in Portland

On the average salary of $37,670, a single filer in Portland takes home about $31,481 a year, or $2,623 a month and $1,211 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% 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 dishwashers? 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 $37,670 buys what about $36,983 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Portland ($56,960). A typical home costs $542,063, or 14.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Dishwashers 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 dishwashers

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($46,880).

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• Chefs and Head Cooks$61,950 a year
• Bartenders$60,600 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$52,490 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$51,780 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$46,670 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$45,710 a year

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