How much is Maine state income tax?

It is graduated. The bands run from 5.8% to 7.15%. On $75,000 the marginal rate is 6.75% and the effective rate 5.17%, because the lower bands are filled first.

What is take-home pay on $75,000 in Maine?

Maine takes about $3,881 a year at that salary — 5.17% of gross — before federal tax and FICA. Enter your own figure above for the per-paycheck answer.

Is Maine a high-tax state overall?

On income, Maine takes 5.17% of a $75,000 salary. But the whole burden is three taxes: sales tax here is 5.5% combined, 43rd of fifty, and property tax 0.98%, 19th of fifty. The two pull in opposite directions, which is why a single ranking of "tax-friendly states" tells you little about your own household.

Is this the same as what my employer withholds?

Close, not identical. Withholding follows the W-4 you filed and your state’s equivalent form, which can carry allowances, extra withholding or a second job adjustment this page does not know about. The annual tax is what settles on your return; withholding is an instalment against it.

Maine paycheck calculator

On a $75,000 salary paid twice a month, a Maine paycheck is $2,405 after tax — $57,712 a year, single, with no 401(k) and no health premium. $162 of each cheque is Maine income tax, charged at its 3 graduated bands for 2026. Local taxes are named below rather than silently omitted.

Maine rates for 2026 and federal withholding checked against their published tables 2 September 2026 · How we check

Gross pay this periodPaidFiling status401(k) this period

Take-home pay in Maine

$1,969.29

$123.30 of that is Maine income tax, on top of $216.15 of federal withholding and $191.25 of FICA.

Gross: $2,500.00
Federal income tax: $216.15
Social security: $155.00
Medicare: $36.25
Maine income tax: $123.30
Take-home: $1,969.29
Annualised gross: $65,000.00
Maine tax a year: $3,205.83

Maine takes 4.93% of the gross overall, with the next dollar at 6.75% — the effective rate is lower because the lower bands are filled first.

Maine income tax for 2026

Maine income tax brackets
Rate	Taxable income up to (single)
5.8%	$27,399
6.75%	$64,849
7.15%	no ceiling

$75,000 in Maine, paid twice a month

Single, no dependants, no 401(k) and no pre-tax health premium — so every line below is tax rather than a benefit election. The gross cheque is $3,125.00.

A $75,000 salary in Maine, line by line, paid twice a month
Federal income tax	−$319.58
Social security (6.2%)	−$193.75
Medicare (1.45%)	−$45.31
Maine income tax	−$161.70
Take-home each cheque	$2,404.65

That is $57,712 a year, 76.9% of gross. Maine took $3,881 of it — the difference between this state and a no-income-tax state at the same salary.

Form W-4ME is what sets your state withholding

It is also where a non-resident working in Maine certifies the days worked in-state.

What Maine charges as well

Income tax is one of three. The other two do not come out of a paycheck, but they decide what the paycheck buys.

Sales and property tax in Maine
Sales tax, state plus average local	5.5%	43rd of fifty
Property tax on median home value	0.98%	19th of fifty

The state rate is 5.5% and local jurisdictions add 0% on average, reaching 5.5% where you shop. At 0.98% that is about $3,920 a year on a $400,000 home. Work yours out on the property tax calculator.

Withholding is an instalment, not the bill. What the year actually settles at is on the refund calculator, and the dates it settles on are the federal tax deadlines.

What this does not include

Maine reaches its top 7.15% rate at $64,849 of taxable income single, which is low enough that a median professional salary meets it.
The standard deduction phases out above $100,000 of income single and disappears entirely at higher incomes; this calculator applies the full amount.
No local income tax.

Questions people actually ask

How much is Maine state income tax?: It is graduated. The bands run from 5.8% to 7.15%. On $75,000 the marginal rate is 6.75% and the effective rate 5.17%, because the lower bands are filled first.
What is take-home pay on $75,000 in Maine?: Maine takes about $3,881 a year at that salary — 5.17% of gross — before federal tax and FICA. Enter your own figure above for the per-paycheck answer.
Does Maine have local income taxes?: No local income tax.
Is Maine a high-tax state overall?: On income, Maine takes 5.17% of a $75,000 salary. But the whole burden is three taxes: sales tax here is 5.5% combined, 43rd of fifty, and property tax 0.98%, 19th of fifty. The two pull in opposite directions, which is why a single ranking of "tax-friendly states" tells you little about your own household.
Is this the same as what my employer withholds?: Close, not identical. Withholding follows the W-4 you filed and your state’s equivalent form, which can carry allowances, extra withholding or a second job adjustment this page does not know about. The annual tax is what settles on your return; withholding is an instalment against it.

The same paycheck next door

State income tax follows where you live, not where you work, so a move across one of these lines changes the figure above without changing the job. Rates on the same $75,000.

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Where the state line is nothing

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An estimate of withholding, not payroll advice. State rates change most Januaries and sometimes mid-year.

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