Compared with the local labor market
Principal Bank Examiner pay vs. Maine
Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Financial Examiners — about 230 people — is $80,840. Department of Professional & Financial Regulation pays a median base salary of $75,175 for this role, 7% below that figure — about the 42nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department of Professional & Financial Regulation sits in the local pay range
$53,910
$62,860
$80,840
$101,730
$145,110
Department of Professional & Financial Regulation median · $75,175
The bar is the range of annual wages for Financial Examiners across every employer in Maine, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Professional & Financial Regulation’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Financial Examiners — about 67,830 people — is $94,160. Department of Professional & Financial Regulation’s median base salary is 20% below that national figure, about the 30th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$56,230
$70,660
$94,160
$129,600
$174,200
Department of Professional & Financial Regulation median · $75,175
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.
Computed over the 6 of 7 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Professional & Financial Regulation is $81,631, 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.