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Penobscot County · Maine · United States

What trades pay in Penobscot County

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Penobscot County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$1,018 Median weekly pay across these 30 trades. $1,719 — $376.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 62 businesses · 412 employees$1,719$89,389 a year+3.2%up
New car dealersNAICS 441110 · 14 businesses · 930 employees$1,528$79,476 a year+3.5%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 96 businesses · 822 employees$1,520$79,066 a year+8.0%up
Highway, street and bridge constructiongroupNAICS 2373 · 20 businesses · 310 employees$1,519$78,967 a year+9.7%up
Offices of lawyersNAICS 541110 · 51 businesses · 360 employees$1,501$78,036 a year
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 146 businesses · 1,259 employees$1,337$69,537 a year+4.2%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 50 businesses · 525 employees$1,321$68,692 a year+3.6%up
Long-distance truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484121 · 24 businesses · 543 employees$1,302$67,695 a year+3.0%up
Automotive body and paintNAICS 811121 · 14 businesses · 102 employees$1,276$66,362 a year+9.9%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 58 businesses · 259 employees$1,268$65,934 a year+10.4%up
Machine shopsNAICS 332710 · 8 businesses · 84 employees$1,240$64,500 a year+5.2%up
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 66 businesses · 360 employees$1,157$60,166 a year+9.0%up
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 70 businesses · 111 employees$1,127$58,600 a year+14.2%up
Local truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484110 · 21 businesses · 166 employees$1,023$53,201 a year+4.1%up
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 22 businesses · 98 employees$1,018$52,952 a year+4.7%up
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 15 businesses · 472 employees$997$51,837 a year+1.0%up
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 42 businesses · 334 employees$986$51,255 a year+1.1%up
General automotive repairNAICS 811111 · 69 businesses · 359 employees$945$49,162 a year0.0%flat
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 131 businesses · 412 employees$916$47,657 a year+5.9%up
Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 11 businesses · 985 employees$913$47,464 a year+0.8%up
Barber shopsNAICS 812111 · 3 businesses · 25 employees$805$41,866 a year
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 82 businesses · 390 employees$787$40,917 a year+5.6%up
Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 22 businesses · 72 employees$714$37,113 a year+14.2%up
Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 30 businesses · 1,858 employees$575$29,902 a year+3.6%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 71 businesses · 581 employees$574$29,869 a year0.0%flat
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 105 businesses · 2,384 employees$553$28,749 a year+6.6%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 51 businesses · 603 employees$506$26,333 a year+7.4%up
Nail salonsNAICS 812113 · 6 businesses · 19 employees$462$24,002 a year
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 104 businesses · 1,747 employees$444$23,084 a year+1.8%up
Retail bakeriesNAICS 311811 · 5 businesses · 9 employees$376$19,540 a year-3.6%down

What this number is, and what it is not

It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.

Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.

Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.

How the county is doing

Businesses16,298
Employees225,843
Annual payroll$11 M
Net movement of people+999People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Penobscot County. Same trade, different pay.

Other counties in Maine

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

For the business owner

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What is the average weekly pay in Penobscot County?
Across the 30 trades on this page, the middle one pays $1,018 a week. The highest pays $1,719 and the lowest $376.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Penobscot County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?
The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.