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Maine · 2025 pay

How much do Maine State Legislators employees make?

$25,100typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$25,100 – $25,100what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.

Maine Office of the State Controller publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: State RepresentativeState Senator

✓ Official data from Maine Office of the State ControllerMatches the agency's latest releasemaine.gov ↗

How is pay spread across workers?

A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.

$25,100

$25,100

$25,100

$37,600

Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers

Typical workerright in the middle

Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers

Highest paidone person

Regular payOvertimeExtra pay

Is pay going up?

Yes. Typical pay went from $14,471 in 2017 to $25,100 in 2025 (+73%).

What changed since 2024

  • +115.1%Typical pay went up from $11,668 to $25,100.
  • +1188 people were paid in 2025, compared with 187 in 2024.
  • +73%Since 2017, typical pay has gone from $14,471 to $25,100, while the number of people paid went down from 190 to 188.

The next update is expected in early 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

Maine State Legislators

9years of
official data
2017–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$25,100
Overtime$0
Extra pay$0
Total for the year$25,100

Average of the 9 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: Maine Office of the State Controller (Department of Administrative and Financial Services), maine.gov ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.

JobPeopleTypical payMost earnSince 2024
State Representative146$25,100$25k – $25k▲ 115.1%
State Senator30$25,100$25k – $25k▲ 115.1%

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k2
  • $10k – $30k180
  • $30k – $50k6
  • $50k – $70k0
  • $70k – $90k0
  • $90k – $110k0
  • $110k – $150k0
  • $150k or more0

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Common questions

How much does a Maine State Legislators employee make?

The typical employee was paid $25,100 in 2025: half of the 188 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $25,100 and $25,100.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (100.0% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (0.0%).

Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

From Maine Office of the State Controller (Department of Administrative and Financial Services) (maine.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected in early 2027.

"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals