Maine · 2025 pay
How much do Maine State Prison employees make?
$74,001typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$49,022 – $88,024what 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: Correctional OfficerCorrectional SergeantCorrectional Care and Treatment Worker
✓ 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.
$49,052
$74,055
$88,488
$161,872
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 $48,873 in 2016 to $74,001 in 2025 (+51%).
What changed since 2024
- +3.6%Typical pay went up from $71,418 to $74,001.
- +6373 people were paid in 2025, compared with 367 in 2024.
- +51%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $48,873 to $74,001, while the number of people paid went down from 393 to 373.
The next update is expected in early 2027.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Maine State Prison
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $63,492 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $10,563 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $74,055 |
Average of the 18 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Worth knowing about pay at Maine State Prison
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- 20¢
Of every dollar Maine State Prison paid in 2025, about 20 cents was overtime.
Usual among the 14 other state agencies in Maine in our data: about 3 cents. Highest of 15.
The data shows what was paid, not why. Overtime is pay for hours beyond the regular schedule.
- +50%
Since 2016, total pay at Maine State Prison went up 50% while the number of people paid went down 5%.
Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correctional Officer | 196 | $68,128 | $39k – $79k | ▼ 3.5% |
| Correctional Sergeant | 22 | $85,023 | $61k – $93k | ▲ 1.7% |
| Correctional Care and Treatment Worker | 19 | $72,123 | $66k – $75k | new |
| Correctional Captain | 12 | $104,488 | $90k – $109k | ▲ 8.1% |
| Correctional Acuity Specialist | 12 | $94,098 | $82k – $96k | ▲ 10.8% |
| Office Associate II | 11 | $34,632 | $28k – $52k | ▼ 23.1% |
| Correctional Trade Instructor | 10 | $84,753 | $82k – $92k | new |
| Correctional Trades Shop Supervisor | 7 | $79,113 | $76k – $81k | ▲ 12.8% |
| Public Service Manager II | 6 | $103,529 | $91k – $115k | new |
| Correctional Corporal | 6 | $87,939 | $76k – $94k | ▲ 12.2% |
| Assistant Classification Officer | 5 | $58,928 | $6k – $59k | new |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k18
- $10k – $30k37
- $30k – $50k42
- $50k – $70k61
- $70k – $90k132
- $90k – $110k55
- $110k – $150k25
- $150k or more3
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Maine State Prison in 2025
- 1Morven MuriroCorrectional Officer$161,872▲ $24,761 vs 2024
- 2Maynard L StanleyCorrectional Sergeant$160,803new in 2025
- 3William C DeguistoCorrectional Officer$153,683new in 2025
- 4Carl L BustardCorrectional Officer$149,496new in 2025
- 5Kendric S ShiblesCorrectional Officer$148,661▲ $44,354 vs 2024
- 6Nathan C ThayerPublic Service Manager III$146,536▲ $62,488 vs 2024
- 7Timothy S MalcolmCorrectional Officer$144,252▼ $12,233 vs 2024
- 8Valentino C MoranCorrectional Officer$141,411new in 2025
- 9Denis DuperreCorrectional Captain$140,429▲ $5,853 vs 2024
- 10Scott A CharltonCorrectional Officer$137,730▲ $11,599 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Maine State Prison employee make?
The typical employee was paid $74,001 in 2025: half of the 373 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $49,022 and $88,024.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (80.0% of all pay), overtime (20.0%) 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; 2 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals