Maine / Department of Defense, Veterans & Emerg Management / Biologist II
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in Department of Defense, Veterans & Emerg Management. Median total compensation for the role is $106,825, above the department median of $69,015.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Biological Scientists, All Other — about 340 people — is $104,570. Department of Defense, Veterans & Emerg Management pays a median base salary of $80,741 for this role, 23% below that figure — about the 23rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Biological Scientists, All Other across every employer in Maine, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Defense, Veterans & Emerg Management’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Biological Scientists, All Other — about 55,850 people — is $98,920. Department of Defense, Veterans & Emerg Management’s median base salary is 18% below that national figure, about the 29th 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 Defense, Veterans & Emerg Management is $106,825, 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
Biologist II is held in 5 Maine departments. In Department of Defense, Veterans & Emerg Management, the median of $106,825 ranks #1 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Biologist 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 4 jurisdictions. In Maine, the median of $77,999 ranks #2 of 4. See Biologist across all of Maine →
Median total compensation for comparable Biologist 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.
Record list
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Biologist II/Department of Defense, Veterans & Emerg Management
Source-specific fields
At Department of Defense, Veterans & Emerg Management, Timothy Bickford serves as a Biologist II. Their 2024 pay totaled $106,825.