Maine / Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry / Chemist III
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employee holds this title in Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry. Median total compensation for the role is $107,299, above the department median of $47,012.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Chemists — about 140 people — is $64,440. Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry pays a median base salary of $86,126 for this role, 34% above that figure — about the 81st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Chemists across every employer in Maine, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Chemists — about 82,770 people — is $91,240. Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry’s median base salary is 6% below that national figure, about the 44th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 Agricultural Cons, & Forestry is $107,299, 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
Chemist III is held in 3 Maine departments. In Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry, the median of $107,299 ranks #1 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Chemist III role in other Mainedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 16 jurisdictions. In Maine, the median of $51,866 ranks #14 of 16. See Chemist across all of Maine →
Median total compensation for comparable Chemist 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.
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Record list
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Chemist III/Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry
Source-specific fields
At Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry, Linda Stahlnecker serves as a Chemist III. Their 2024 pay totaled $107,299.