Maine / Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry / Office Assistant II
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
2 employees hold this title in Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry. Median total compensation for the role is $52,622, above the department median of $47,012.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 11,260 people — is $45,300. Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry pays a median base salary of $36,261 for this role, 20% below that figure — about the 16th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Office Clerks, General 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 Office Clerks, General — about 2,464,940 people — is $45,010. Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry’s median base salary is 19% below that national figure, about the 25th 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 $52,622, 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
Office Assistant II is held in 9 Maine departments. In Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry, the median of $52,622 ranks #4 of 9.
Median total compensation for the Office Assistant II role in other Mainedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 13 jurisdictions. In Maine, the median of $21,760 ranks #11 of 13. See Office Assistant across all of Maine →
Median total compensation for comparable Office Assistant 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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Office Assistant II/Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry
Source-specific fields
Sara Barron-Nichols holds the role of Office Assistant II at Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry. In 2024, their total compensation was $56,402.
Office Assistant II/Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry
Source-specific fields
At Department of Agricultural Cons, & Forestry, Deanna James serves as a Office Assistant II. Their 2024 pay totaled $48,843.