Compared with the local labor market
High Voltage Electrician pay vs. Maine
Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers — about 1,160 people — is $83,090. Department of Administrative & Financial Services pays a median base salary of $52,013 for this role, 37% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department of Administrative & Financial Services sits in the local pay range
$52,190
$63,440
$83,090
$103,640
$121,950
Department of Administrative & Financial Services median · $52,013
The bar is the range of annual wages for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers across every employer in Maine, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Administrative & Financial Services’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers — about 131,070 people — is $95,320. Department of Administrative & Financial Services’s median base salary is 45% below that national figure, about the 11th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$51,470
$67,270
$95,320
$109,740
$128,690
Department of Administrative & Financial Services median · $52,013
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Maine range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Administrative & Financial Services is $70,522, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across Maine
High Voltage Electrician is held in 2 Maine departments. In Department of Administrative & Financial Services, the median of $70,522 ranks #1 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the High Voltage Electrician role in other Mainedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
High Voltage Electrician beyond Maine
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In Maine, the median of $68,009 ranks #4 of 4. See High Voltage Electrician across all of Maine →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable High Voltage Electrician roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.