SALARY · HAIRDRESSERS, HAIRSTYLISTS, AND COSMETOLOGISTS · MAINE

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists salary in Maine

A job title alone does not tell you what you will earn. Place matters, sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars. In Maine, hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists sat at a median of $44,000 a year, which is the figure I would use first when you compare offers.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$44,000

$21 per hour at the median · That is $8,210 (22.9 percent) above the national median of $35,790 for this occupation.

$48,760Mean annual salary
$23Mean hourly wage
$970People employed in this job in Maine

Salary range

25th: $37,000Median: $44,00075th: $61,860
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$37,000
Median (50th percentile)$44,000
75th percentile$61,860
Mean$48,760

The middle half of workers earned from $37,000 to $61,860 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$36,200 a year
$3,017 a month
Federal tax $3,100 · FICA $3,366 · State tax $1,334

Caveat: the Maine Revenue Services revised May 2026 rate schedule PDF returned HTTP 403 and was not retrieved directly. Brackets and the $5,300 exemption rest on the September 2025 MRS schedule as reported and consistent secondary reporting; the $15,700 standard deduction is settled by a directly retrieved August 2026 MRS alert.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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