SALARY · SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, KINDERGARTEN AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL · MAINE

Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School salary in Maine

Salary talk gets noisy fast, so I try to keep it plain. In Maine, special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school earned a median of $61,880 a year. From there, this page walks through the range, the hourly rate, how many people do the job here, and what stays in your pocket after federal tax and FICA.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$61,880

Not published per hour at the median · That is $3,240 (5.0 percent) below the national median of $65,120 for this occupation.

$64,220Mean annual salary
Not publishedMean hourly wage
$1,320People employed in this job in Maine

Salary range

25th: $50,300Median: $61,88075th: $75,210
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$50,300
Median (50th percentile)$61,880
75th percentile$75,210
Mean$64,220

The middle half of workers earned from $50,300 to $75,210 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

$49,401 a year
$4,117 a month
Federal tax $5,246 · FICA $4,734 · State tax $2,499

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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