Pay and cost of living in Cumberland County, ME
Across the 5 occupations we cover in Cumberland County, ME, the middle median salary is $38,580 a year. Pay runs from $35,300 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $105,390 for General and Operations Managers, a spread of $70,090. Wages come from the Portland-South Portland, ME survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Cumberland County, ME has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,815 a month and a two-bedroom $2,286. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $30,072 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $47,262 a year, and 4 of the 5 occupations listed here (80%) earn enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Cumberland County, ME
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Cumberland County, ME, set beside the Maine and national medians.
Median household income in Cumberland County, ME is $95,677, 28% above the Maine median of $74,733 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($21,780) equals 22.8% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $38,580, is 60% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Cumberland County, ME pay a median of $4,707 a year in real estate taxes, 55% above the Maine median of $3,036. With a median home value of $451,200, 52% above the Maine median of $296,600, the ratio of the two medians is 1.04% a year.
Renters in Cumberland County, ME pay a median gross rent of $1,589 a month in the Census survey, 40% above the Maine median of $1,139. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,815; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Cumberland County, ME who travel to a workplace spend an average of 23.2 minutes each way, 6% below the Maine average of 24.6. 21.8% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.