Wages by Occupation in Lewiston-Auburn, ME

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 47,660 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $49,540 for all occupations combined. 228 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

Who lives in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME area and what they earn, by education, from federal survey data (not a measure of any one employer or college).

23.4% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.3), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 94.7 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 69.0; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024; estimates are revised). A higher number means prices are higher on average, not that the area is better or worse.

About 7,650 residents (7.0% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±578; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 3.5% in 2025, with a labor force of about 56,107 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

28.3% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±3.1), compared with 39.6% nationally (Table B15001).

Median yearly earnings by education, adults 25 and over who have earnings

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	$37,500	$32,485
High school graduate	$40,600	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$49,094	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$57,723	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$74,679	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	25.7% (±5.0)	24.2%
High school graduate	14.6% (±1.5)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	9.0% (±1.6)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3% (±1.1)	4.5%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	30.6%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	14.0%	10.0%
Business	18.8%	20.1%
Education	13.9%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	22.9%	23.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, Tables B15003, B20004 (earnings shown only when the margin of error is at most 20% of the value), B23006 (unemployment shown only when every margin is at most 3 points), B17003 (margins of error at the 90% level; poverty shown only when every margin is at most 8 points) and C15010 (the Census Bureau’s own field groups, in a fixed order, not ranked). Describes residents of the area, not a prediction for any person; the Census Bureau has not endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	320	$75,980	$83,510	6.75	0.72
Administrative Services Managers	60	$104,010	$113,410	1.31	0.77
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	40	$61,830	$59,600	0.78	3.26
Advertising Sales Agents	50	$42,240	$50,810	1.10	1.87
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	50	$32,750	$35,210	0.97	0.38
Animal Caretakers	60	$35,110	$36,560	1.17	0.68
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	50	$33,090	$34,470	1.01	1.54
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	60	$50,740	$53,800	1.25	1.30
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	280	$56,370	$56,580	5.87	1.30
Bakers	190	$37,380	$38,310	3.92	2.58
Bartenders	180	$45,040	$54,000	3.87	0.80
Billing and Posting Clerks	140	$45,600	$47,810	3.01	1.16
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	540	$50,230	$53,810	11.33	1.28
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	130	$60,680	$63,380	2.80	1.50
Bus Drivers, School	140	$49,100	$48,570	2.87	1.11
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	140	$74,340	$76,140	2.88	0.41
Butchers and Meat Cutters	60	$38,640	$42,520	1.33	1.51
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	60	$80,360	$81,170	1.29	0.41
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	100	$47,030	$48,340	2.15	4.34
Carpenters	280	$60,950	$59,530	5.96	1.38
Cashiers	1,020	$35,280	$34,960	21.37	1.08
Chefs and Head Cooks	60	$56,440	$62,390	1.26	0.98
Chief Executives	60	$138,440	$186,320	1.35	1.03
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	190	$61,980	$65,190	4.08	1.62
Childcare Workers	460	$34,570	$36,540	9.63	2.89
Civil Engineers	40	$92,470	$97,170	0.93	0.39
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	70	$86,530	$86,910	1.43	0.68
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	100	$36,420	$39,170	2.10	0.86
Coaches and Scouts	110	$48,470	$56,770	2.35	1.47
Community Health Workers	40	$51,550	$51,960	0.83	2.11
Compliance Officers	80	$76,300	$78,400	1.69	0.63
Computer and Information Systems Managers	70	$138,050	$151,050	1.37	0.32
Computer Network Support Specialists	30	$75,470	$68,730	0.69	0.73
Computer Occupations, All Other	30	$89,660	$101,500	0.63	0.23
Computer Systems Analysts	130	$82,890	$92,330	2.79	0.83
Computer User Support Specialists	170	$59,420	$62,870	3.53	0.76
Construction and Building Inspectors	60	$72,970	$75,400	1.27	1.34
Construction Laborers	330	$45,890	$47,960	7.01	0.99
Construction Managers	80	$117,870	$119,770	1.75	0.72
Cooks, Fast Food	120	$35,470	$35,990	2.43	0.59
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	150	$43,730	$43,080	3.14	1.11
Cooks, Restaurant	250	$44,510	$44,460	5.25	0.58
Cost Estimators	60	$79,270	$80,850	1.23	0.85
Counter and Rental Clerks	80	$45,730	$45,480	1.75	0.68
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	70	$48,550	$52,970	1.45	1.26
Crane and Tower Operators	30	$74,040	$71,770	0.64	2.30
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	140	$38,230	$40,340	2.96	4.88
Customer Service Representatives	480	$45,790	$47,210	9.99	0.60
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$51,750	$50,500	1.02	3.54
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	60	$59,300	$55,850	1.18	1.07
Data Scientists	70	$81,570	$88,880	1.38	0.82
Dental Assistants	100	$57,650	$55,980	2.16	0.87
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	90	$36,190	$43,690	1.86	0.53
Dishwashers	170	$34,920	$35,210	3.65	1.19
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	60	$59,160	$60,460	1.19	0.92
Driver/Sales Workers	230	$38,220	$40,860	4.86	1.85
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	130	$103,130	$102,010	2.81	1.33
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	120	$59,500	$60,310	2.53	1.11
Electrical Engineers	70	$127,370	$125,260	1.37	1.07
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	50	$77,120	$81,530	1.10	1.30
Electricians	410	$78,430	$77,880	8.53	1.75
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	670	$59,110	$59,720	14.08	1.58
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	60	$48,860	$50,770	1.27	1.28
Emergency Medical Technicians	80	$46,850	$47,730	1.61	1.39
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	110	$63,470	$66,860	2.38	0.80
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	60	$44,060	$46,930	1.25	0.60
Facilities Managers	40	$102,800	$102,490	0.82	0.81
Family Medicine Physicians	60	$239,740	$244,080	1.31	1.90
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	40	$41,730	$44,510	0.80	0.47
Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,490	$34,720	$35,620	31.31	1.26
Financial and Investment Analysts	50	$80,320	$88,460	0.98	0.42
Financial Managers	240	$131,190	$147,930	4.97	0.92
Firefighters	190	$52,930	$55,230	3.95	1.78
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	240	$78,800	$84,080	5.02	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	290	$46,700	$48,700	6.12	0.78
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	40	$45,970	$50,700	0.74	0.65
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	40	$60,560	$59,940	0.93	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	210	$78,900	$79,910	4.45	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	60	$78,000	$85,760	1.17	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	420	$69,990	$70,440	8.78	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	40	$94,830	$101,450	0.74	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	250	$69,780	$71,500	5.29	1.22
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	460	$51,440	$58,230	9.75	1.35
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	230	$62,070	$66,520	4.81	1.20
Food Batchmakers	110	$37,120	$40,240	2.22	1.97
Food Preparation Workers	340	$35,630	$36,270	7.10	1.24
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	70	$38,140	$37,700	1.38	0.73
Food Service Managers	90	$64,990	$66,060	1.84	1.20
Fundraisers	60	$61,470	$66,210	1.15	1.62
General and Operations Managers	950	$96,730	$109,270	19.99	0.89
Graphic Designers	30	$56,480	$56,640	0.65	0.51
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	80	$38,200	$46,800	1.70	0.86
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	40	$46,780	$47,190	0.81	2.45
Health Education Specialists	50	$59,210	$63,580	1.00	2.36
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	60	$49,500	$58,450	1.25	1.07
Healthcare Social Workers	60	$65,070	$67,000	1.16	0.96
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	50	$62,230	$59,410	0.95	1.35
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	160	$67,180	$68,120	3.45	1.31
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,080	$57,900	$57,280	22.64	1.71
Helpers--Electricians	150	$46,920	$48,530	3.19	7.80
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	30	$33,300	$36,920	0.66	1.07
Helpers--Production Workers	50	$45,070	$44,280	1.11	1.04
Highway Maintenance Workers	100	$48,260	$51,070	2.12	2.12
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,870	$38,240	$39,150	39.24	1.42
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	40	$49,910	$51,270	0.86	1.49
Human Resources Managers	50	$114,320	$127,460	0.95	0.67
Human Resources Specialists	300	$58,240	$66,130	6.40	1.09
Industrial Engineers	50	$72,430	$86,210	1.03	0.44
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	150	$66,890	$68,600	3.19	1.13
Industrial Production Managers	70	$126,300	$127,560	1.39	0.88
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	410	$57,000	$54,010	8.51	1.71
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	140	$48,310	$52,690	2.83	0.74
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	100	$58,010	$56,400	2.07	1.82
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	50	$47,870	$50,290	1.06	3.69
Insulation Workers, Mechanical	40	$51,230	$55,550	0.85	5.14
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	60	$46,450	$50,410	1.29	0.94
Insurance Sales Agents	110	$57,240	$62,500	2.22	0.72
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	70	$40,470	$41,390	1.51	1.59
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	760	$38,240	$39,770	15.88	1.12
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	50	$49,500	$58,460	0.96	1.37
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	610	$43,780	$43,660	12.75	0.67
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	250	$45,180	$43,200	5.35	0.87
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	30	$36,330	$36,380	0.73	0.58
Lawyers	150	$105,240	$120,850	3.17	0.65
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	50	$45,830	$47,500	1.12	1.11
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	50	$63,750	$64,000	0.99	1.15
Library Assistants, Clerical	50	$38,310	$37,630	1.11	2.03
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	60	$66,130	$69,050	1.30	0.31
Light Truck Drivers	390	$50,870	$55,700	8.19	1.29
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	60	$56,430	$55,360	1.26	1.19
Loan Officers	100	$96,990	$95,560	2.16	1.23
Logisticians	—	$57,240	$68,520	—	—
Machinists	90	$59,020	$55,970	1.84	1.00
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	170	$37,240	$38,330	3.59	0.65
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	340	$50,170	$55,110	7.06	0.72
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	40	$60,850	$58,060	0.90	2.34
Management Analysts	100	$86,530	$92,680	2.03	0.35
Managers, All Other	70	$131,520	$135,060	1.42	0.35
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	130	$66,820	$72,180	2.63	0.45
Marketing Managers	50	$126,140	$152,970	0.95	0.37
Medical and Health Services Managers	170	$104,040	$116,450	3.64	0.95
Medical Assistants	380	$51,460	$49,240	7.88	1.50
Medical Records Specialists	90	$47,690	$53,420	1.80	1.44
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	310	$47,720	$47,670	6.55	1.06
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	130	$61,800	$69,350	2.75	3.22
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	160	$38,960	$42,010	3.44	3.23
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	100	$63,090	$64,960	2.14	0.54
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	140	$44,500	$45,570	2.93	0.32
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	120	$60,340	$61,160	2.45	2.15
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	80	$39,400	$41,430	1.61	2.01
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	60	$81,650	$83,140	1.18	0.58
New Accounts Clerks	40	$47,100	$49,490	0.84	3.56
Nurse Anesthetists	60	$247,470	$275,020	1.17	3.49
Nurse Practitioners	180	$135,630	$142,750	3.75	1.81
Nursing Assistants	690	$48,570	$50,160	14.45	1.55
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	40	$91,380	$90,590	0.74	0.82
Occupational Therapists	90	$84,310	$86,840	1.85	1.77
Office Clerks, General	950	$42,840	$45,300	20.03	1.26
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	130	$56,140	$56,310	2.74	0.89
Order Clerks	30	$45,290	$45,900	0.67	1.39
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	40	$52,010	$55,310	0.75	3.25
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	320	$51,980	$52,240	6.77	2.78
Packers and Packagers, Hand	80	$34,440	$35,420	1.70	0.47
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	70	$47,880	$51,450	1.52	1.05
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	90	$58,430	$58,150	1.91	0.76
Paramedics	30	$64,970	$65,750	0.68	1.05
Parts Salespersons	150	$46,400	$46,600	3.21	1.85
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	40	$54,750	$55,800	0.94	0.95
Pharmacists	80	$142,840	$140,510	1.69	0.82
Pharmacy Technicians	130	$44,200	$44,930	2.83	0.93
Physical Therapist Assistants	30	$68,190	$67,490	0.68	0.94
Physical Therapists	130	$98,300	$99,340	2.74	1.60
Physician Assistants	80	$143,710	$151,970	1.70	1.63
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	190	$62,140	$64,140	4.08	1.36
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	140	$66,530	$72,540	2.95	0.68
Postal Service Clerks	40	$61,430	$61,090	0.92	1.95
Postal Service Mail Carriers	120	$57,470	$61,010	2.54	1.20
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	90	$47,010	$47,690	1.87	0.61
Printing Press Operators	80	$46,850	$46,510	1.64	1.77
Production Workers, All Other	90	$38,790	$40,130	1.94	1.20
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	100	$48,690	$49,800	2.06	0.82
Project Management Specialists	160	$102,490	$108,860	3.29	0.48
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	60	$55,480	$63,180	1.26	0.63
Public Safety Telecommunicators	50	$55,140	$53,210	1.00	1.52
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	100	$84,510	$84,610	2.02	1.37
Real Estate Brokers	40	$40,630	$53,030	0.85	2.87
Receptionists and Information Clerks	250	$39,370	$41,690	5.17	0.88
Recreation Workers	130	$36,230	$38,690	2.75	1.29
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	80	$40,370	$42,670	1.60	1.69
Registered Nurses	1,280	$85,870	$91,470	26.83	1.23
Residential Advisors	40	$44,730	$49,440	0.89	1.62
Retail Salespersons	1,430	$36,540	$41,020	30.07	1.20
Roofers	150	$51,350	$56,490	3.08	3.54
Sales Managers	170	$125,230	$131,390	3.61	0.88
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	150	$57,920	$67,740	3.05	0.38
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	390	$60,790	$69,440	8.10	1.02
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	70	$37,330	$40,850	1.49	5.68
School Bus Monitors	40	$38,410	$37,980	0.77	1.53
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	420	$64,110	$64,180	8.91	1.30
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	460	$48,880	$50,030	9.67	0.88
Security Guards	140	$43,340	$40,960	2.84	0.34
Self-Enrichment Teachers	40	$43,210	$43,780	0.93	0.43
Sewing Machine Operators	160	$44,670	$42,790	3.36	4.98
Sheet Metal Workers	80	$59,910	$59,340	1.70	2.21
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	270	$49,530	$52,300	5.56	1.06
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	110	$43,680	$43,160	2.23	1.39
Social and Community Service Managers	140	$77,080	$78,470	2.88	2.14
Social and Human Service Assistants	450	$48,110	$49,370	9.42	3.35
Social Workers, All Other	50	$60,280	$65,270	1.00	2.48
Software Developers	150	$117,700	$121,000	3.14	0.29
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	170	$60,150	$60,200	3.66	2.18
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	80	$60,700	$62,630	1.66	1.58
Speech-Language Pathologists	60	$88,610	$88,960	1.34	1.14
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,210	$40,680	$44,860	25.45	1.40
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	160	$55,480	$60,460	3.44	1.09
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	140	$35,490	$38,570	2.88	0.85
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	820	$47,120	$45,910	17.14	1.88
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	70	$90,880	$86,460	1.47	2.34
Tellers	180	$42,880	$42,480	3.79	1.79
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$40,420	$40,710	0.85	5.99
Tire Repairers and Changers	40	$39,770	$42,010	0.87	1.25
Training and Development Specialists	100	$65,370	$70,180	2.18	0.74
Tutors	40	$54,960	$52,650	0.91	0.81
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	50	$49,270	$49,750	0.95	1.14
Waiters and Waitresses	450	$43,130	$50,340	9.48	0.65
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	40	$59,580	$57,420	0.82	2.39
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	80	$55,520	$56,390	1.67	0.62
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	40	$37,800	$40,440	0.84	2.12

Colleges in this area

3 colleges in the federal directory have a campus in this area, listed alphabetically; MajorPays does not rank colleges. Each name links to the college’s profile.

College	Type	Level	Students, fall 2024
Bates College	Private nonprofit	4-year or above	1,760
Central Maine Community College	Public	2-year	4,754
Maine College of Health Professions	Private nonprofit	4-year or above	239

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS directory (HD 2024, core-based statistical area of the campus) and Fall Enrollment 2024 (total headcount). A count of students is the size of the college, not its quality; the Department has not endorsed this presentation.

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