SOC 13-2072 · Business and Financial Operations Occupations · May 2025

How much do Loan Officers make in Bangor, ME?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Loan Officers in Bangor, ME is $75,860. The 10th percentile is $44,480 and the 90th percentile is $129,590. Employment is 120.

Median annual wage

$75,860

10th percentile
$44,480
25th percentile
$56,650
Median
$75,860
75th percentile
$96,240
90th percentile
$129,590
Mean
$81,640

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A nurse with a patient at a hospital centre in Birmingham. Wellcome Collection. Photograph by Wellcome Collection. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Percentile spread

For Loan Officers, the published 10th percentile is $44,480 and the 90th percentile is $129,590. The difference is $85,110, which is 112.2% 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 $56,650 to the 75th at $96,240, covers $39,590.

The mean annual wage is $81,640, which sits above the median of $75,860. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bangor, ME median is 1.1% lower than the national median of $76,690 for Loan Officers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $78,605, which is 2.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.4% lower than the Maine median of $81,900.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bangor, ME is 96.508, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $75,860 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Loan Officers at $78,605 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Loan Officers. Bangor, ME ranks 3rd of 3 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).).

  • Lewiston-Auburn, ME is 114 miles away, with a median of $96,990 and employment of 100. That median is 27.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $102,379, against $78,605 here.
  • Portland-South Portland, ME is 149 miles away, with a median of $84,620 and employment of 430. That median is 11.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $83,076, against $78,605 here.

Employment share

Loan Officers accounts for 0.17% of wage-and-salary employment in Bangor, ME (120 of 72,270). Nationally the occupation is 0.18% of employment (274,330 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.94 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Bangor, ME · Loan Officers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Loan Officers make in Bangor, ME?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Loan Officers in Bangor, ME is $75,860. The 10th percentile is $44,480 and the 90th percentile is $129,590. Employment is 120.

How does that compare with the national median for Loan Officers?

The local median is 1.1% lower than the national median of $76,690.

What is Loan Officers pay in Bangor, ME after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bangor, ME is 96.508, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $75,860 is $78,605. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Bangor, ME compare with nearby metros for Loan Officers?

Lewiston-Auburn, ME is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 114 miles away, at $96,990. Bangor, ME ranks 3rd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.