Lewiston-Auburn, ME

Across all occupations in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metropolitan area, the median wage is $49,540 a year ($23.82 an hour) and the mean $62,640, May 2025. That median is −3% against the US median of $50,980 and −4% against Maine's $51,430. BLS counts 47,660 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is nurse anesthetists; the largest is home health and personal care aides.

All occupations: Lewiston-Auburn, ME vs Maine and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME area, Maine and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	Hourly	$16.84	$18.77	$23.82	$33.75	$47.25	$30.12	47,660
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	Annual	$35,030	$39,050	$49,540	$70,200	$98,280	$62,640	47,660
Maine	Hourly	$16.89	$19.29	$24.73	$36.65	$50.72	$31.63	640,610
Maine	Annual	$35,140	$40,120	$51,430	$76,230	$105,510	$65,780	640,610
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

228 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Maine. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Lewiston-Auburn, ME

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Nurse Anesthetists	$247,470	$118.98	60
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$239,740	$115.26	60
3	Physician Assistants	$143,710	$69.09	80
4	Pharmacists	$142,840	$68.67	80
5	Chief Executives	$138,440	$66.56	60
6	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Maine	$138,050	$66.37	70
7	Nurse Practitioners	$135,630	$65.21	180
8	Managers, All Other in Maine	$131,520	$63.23	70
9	Financial Managers in Maine	$131,190	$63.07	240
10	Electrical Engineers	$127,370	$61.23	70
11	Industrial Production Managers	$126,300	$60.72	70
12	Marketing Managers	$126,140	$60.64	50
13	Sales Managers	$125,230	$60.21	170
14	Construction Managers	$117,870	$56.67	80
15	Software Developers in Maine	$117,700	$56.59	150
16	Human Resources Managers	$114,320	$54.96	50
17	Lawyers in Maine	$105,240	$50.60	150
18	Medical and Health Services Managers	$104,040	$50.02	170
19	Administrative Services Managers	$104,010	$50.00	60
20	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$103,130	*	130

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Lewiston-Auburn, ME

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Maine	1,870	39.24	1.42	$38,240
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Maine	1,490	31.31	1.26	$34,720
3	Retail Salespersons in Maine	1,430	30.07	1.20	$36,540
4	Registered Nurses in Maine	1,280	26.83	1.23	$85,870
5	Stockers and Order Fillers in Maine	1,210	25.45	1.40	$40,680
6	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Maine	1,080	22.64	1.71	$57,900
7	Cashiers in Maine	1,020	21.37	1.08	$35,280
8	General and Operations Managers in Maine	950	19.99	0.89	$96,730
8	Office Clerks, General in Maine	950	20.03	1.26	$42,840
10	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Maine	820	17.14	1.88	$47,120
11	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Maine	760	15.88	1.12	$38,240
12	Nursing Assistants in Maine	690	14.45	1.55	$48,570
13	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Maine	670	14.08	1.58	$59,110
14	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Maine	610	12.75	0.67	$43,780
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Maine	540	11.33	1.28	$50,230
16	Customer Service Representatives in Maine	480	9.99	0.60	$45,790
17	Childcare Workers	460	9.63	2.89	$34,570
17	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Maine	460	9.75	1.35	$51,440
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Maine	460	9.67	0.88	$48,880
20	Social and Human Service Assistants	450	9.42	3.35	$48,110

Most concentrated occupations in Lewiston-Auburn, ME

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Helpers--Electricians	7.80	150	3.19	$46,920
2	Sewing Machine Operators	4.98	160	3.36	$44,670
3	Crossing Guards and Flaggers	4.88	140	2.96	$38,230
4	Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	4.34	100	2.15	$47,030
5	Roofers	3.54	150	3.09	$51,350
6	Social and Human Service Assistants	3.35	450	9.42	$48,110
7	Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	3.23	160	3.44	$38,960
8	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	3.22	130	2.75	$61,800
9	Childcare Workers	2.89	460	9.63	$34,570
10	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	2.78	320	6.77	$51,980

Occupation groups in Lewiston-Auburn, ME

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$102,670	$115,730	2,750	57.79	0.81
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$85,870	$122,270	3,510	73.76	1.17
Legal	$80,720	$98,020	280	5.78	0.69
Computer and Mathematical	$80,230	$90,470	760	16.04	0.47
Architecture and Engineering	$79,100	$90,370	370	7.74	0.46
Business and Financial Operations	$76,210	$81,130	1,980	41.50	0.61
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$74,490	$85,430	160	3.38	0.36
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$59,450	$62,630	2,120	44.52	1.14
Construction and Extraction	$59,000	$61,940	2,580	54.14	1.31
Community and Social Service	$56,180	$58,760	1,350	28.31	1.65
Educational Instruction and Library	$51,440	$61,370	3,280	68.82	1.18
Protective Service	$49,250	$56,020	830	17.52	0.72
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$48,110	$59,540	600	12.62	0.96
Office and Administrative Support	$47,420	$50,920	5,310	111.39	0.98
Transportation and Material Moving	$47,330	$49,730	4,960	104.18	1.18
Production	$46,490	$50,130	3,140	65.95	1.20
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$44,800	$46,450	80	1.68	0.60
Healthcare Support	$42,310	$44,250	3,270	68.65	1.35
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$38,520	$41,600	1,300	27.27	0.93
Sales and Related	$38,460	$48,580	4,130	86.68	1.00
Personal Care and Service	$36,280	$40,740	1,060	22.15	1.06
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$36,130	$40,890	3,820	80.13	0.91

Every occupation in Maine, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 228 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Lewiston-Auburn, ME estimates (area 30340).

*: Wage estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.