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
Customer Service Representatives	$47,910	3,480	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$47,870	200	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$47,860	1,070	View salary detail
Parts Salespersons	$47,850	600	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$47,840	570	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$47,780	250	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$47,780	350	View salary detail
Photographers	$47,720	120	View salary detail
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	$47,600	30	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$47,600	130	View salary detail
Logging Equipment Operators	$47,470	50	View salary detail
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	$47,470	80	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$47,360	80	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$47,320	170	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$47,200	2,020	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$47,040	4,310	View salary detail
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$47,000	600	View salary detail
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$46,670	3,180	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$46,630	840	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$46,610	100	View salary detail
Furniture Finishers	$46,570	40	View salary detail
Cooks, Restaurant	$46,560	2,730	View salary detail
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	$46,540	380	View salary detail
Helpers--Electricians	$46,530	460	View salary detail
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	$46,460	600	View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers	$46,440	50	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$46,270	1,070	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$46,190	410	View salary detail
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	$45,910	80	View salary detail
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$45,800	310	View salary detail
File Clerks	$45,800	100	View salary detail
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,720	140	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$45,660	250	View salary detail
Sailors and Marine Oilers	$45,610	100	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$45,350	2,520	View salary detail
Survey Researchers	$45,350	—	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$45,350	2,520	View salary detail
Concierges	$45,330	70	View salary detail
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	$45,230	—	View salary detail
Sewing Machine Operators	$45,160	240	View salary detail
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	$45,150	210	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$44,800	100	View salary detail
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$44,770	1,730	View salary detail
Tellers	$44,730	930	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$44,680	110	View salary detail
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists	$44,360	80	View salary detail
Protective Service Workers, All Other	$44,360	80	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$44,360	300	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$44,200	320	View salary detail
Waiters and Waitresses	$44,070	5,070	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.