Electrical Engineers Salary in Portland, ME

Electrical Engineers pay range in Portland

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $80,740 a year or less, while the top 10% make $161,230 or more. The middle half of electrical engineers in Portland earn between $97,590 and $133,910.

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

Electrical Engineers salary after taxes in Portland

On the average salary of $118,910, a single filer in Portland takes home about $86,002 a year, or $7,167 a month and $3,308 every two weeks. Taxes take 28% 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 electrical engineers? 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 $118,910 buys what about $116,741 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Portland ($56,960). A typical home costs $542,063, or 4.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Electrical Engineers salary in other Maine cities

Portland ranks 2nd of 3 Maine metro areas for this job; Lewiston pays the most ($125,260).

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Highest-paying cities for electrical engineers

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($189,370).

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