How much do Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials make in Portland-South Portland, ME?

Percentile spread

For Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials, the published 10th percentile is $34,640 and the 90th percentile is $41,850. The difference is $7,210, which is 19.0% 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 $38,020 to the 75th at $39,420, covers $1,400.

The mean annual wage is $38,280, which sits above the median of $38,020. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Portland-South Portland, ME median is 8.4% higher than the national median of $35,060 for Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials. In 2024 national prices the local median is $37,326, which is 6.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Maine median of $38,020.

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 $38,020 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials at $37,326 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 Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials. Portland-South Portland, ME ranks 1st 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 $30,390 and employment of 30. That median is 20.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $28,763, against $37,326 here.
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 84 miles away, with a median of $36,410 and employment of 370. That median is 4.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,630, against $37,326 here.
• Worcester, MA is 120 miles away, with a median of $34,530 and employment of 40. That median is 9.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,680, against $37,326 here.

Employment share

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Portland-South Portland, ME (30 of 288,480). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (26,120 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.62 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.