How much do Home Appliance Repairers make in Portland-South Portland, ME?

Percentile spread

For Home Appliance Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $34,770 and the 90th percentile is $57,550. The difference is $22,780, which is 49.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $42,550 to the 75th at $53,290, covers $10,740.

The mean annual wage is $47,960, which sits above the median of $46,440. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Portland-South Portland, ME median is 8.9% lower than the national median of $50,990 for Home Appliance Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $45,593, which is 10.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.1% lower than the Maine median of $46,500.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Portland-South Portland, ME is 101.858, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $46,440 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Home Appliance Repairers at $45,593 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Home Appliance Repairers. Portland-South Portland, ME ranks 6th of 7 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Manchester-Nashua, NH is 83 miles away, with a median of $55,860 and employment of 50. That median is 20.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,869, against $45,593 here.
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 84 miles away, with a median of $69,610 and employment of 380. That median is 49.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,295, against $45,593 here.
• Barnstable Town, MA is 135 miles away, with a median of $85,260 and employment of 40. That median is 83.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $86,690, against $45,593 here.

Employment share

Home Appliance Repairers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Portland-South Portland, ME (50 of 288,480). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (32,150 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.84 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.