Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Portland, ME

605 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Portland, ME for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	$50,710	120	View salary detail
Social Science Research Assistants	$50,650	40	View salary detail
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$50,540	70	View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians	$50,540	60	View salary detail
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	$50,390	130	View salary detail
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$50,330	40	View salary detail
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	$50,320	90	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$50,310	1,390	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$50,260	420	View salary detail
Editors	$50,180	150	View salary detail
Animal Control Workers	$50,110	40	View salary detail
Tutors	$50,090	150	View salary detail
Tax Preparers	$50,070	—	View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers	$49,880	40	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$49,880	1,770	View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	$49,880	40	View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing	$49,880	40	View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing	$49,880	40	View salary detail
Helpers--Carpenters	$49,800	—	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,790	70	View salary detail
Fence Erectors	$49,750	50	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$49,650	840	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$49,650	150	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,640	80	View salary detail
Bicycle Repairers	$49,580	40	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$49,490	190	View salary detail
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$49,470	50	View salary detail
Firefighters	$49,320	1,340	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$49,240	170	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	$49,180	140	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$49,180	140	View salary detail
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	$49,180	140	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$49,110	1,830	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$48,710	90	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$48,670	90	View salary detail
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers	$48,670	40	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$48,540	1,880	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$48,520	130	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$48,470	1,470	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$48,430	270	View salary detail
Data Entry Keyers	$48,410	60	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$48,360	590	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$48,340	220	View salary detail
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	$48,210	60	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$48,180	3,380	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$48,140	180	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$48,090	510	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,050	130	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$48,040	140	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	$48,000	250	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.