Packaging Engineer Salary in Maine

How much does a Packaging Engineer make in Maine?

As of May 18, 2021, the average salary for a Packaging Engineer in Maine is $103,759 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $50.

However, a Packaging Engineer's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $123,299
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $94,590 to $113,987
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $86,242

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Packaging Engineer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$113,987	$9,499	$2,192	$55
Average	$103,759	$8,647	$1,995	$50
25th Percentile	$94,590	$7,882	$1,819	$45

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Key Factors That Influence Packaging Engineer Salaries

A Packaging Engineer's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Packaging Engineer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Packaging Engineer's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $76,500
Early Career (1-2 years): $87,221
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $103,583
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $127,591
Expert (over 8 years): $160,077

Levels	Salary
Packaging... Level Packaging Engineer	$76,500
Packaging... Level Packaging Engineer	$87,221
Packaging... Level Packaging Engineer	$103,583
Packaging... Level Packaging Engineer	$127,591
Packaging... Level Packaging Engineer	$160,077

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How Do Packaging Engineer Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Packaging Engineers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $118,070.
California: $117,622.
Massachusetts: $116,055.

District of Columbia $118,070 California $117,622 Massachusetts $116,055 Washington $115,628 New Jersey $115,585 Alaska $115,436 Connecticut $113,965 New York $113,367

Hawaii $111,459 Rhode Island $110,563 Maryland $109,955 Minnesota $109,123 Colorado $108,803 Illinois $108,697 Oregon $108,291 Delaware $107,993

New Hampshire $107,805 Virginia $107,385 Pennsylvania $106,159 Nevada $105,540 North Dakota $105,338 Michigan $105,018 Wisconsin $104,900 Vermont $104,666

Texas $104,015 Maine $103,973 Arizona $103,909 Ohio $103,834 Georgia $102,853 Indiana $102,362 Wyoming $102,266 Utah $102,117

Iowa $102,053 Kansas $101,541 Louisiana $101,392 North Carolina $101,339 Missouri $101,317 Florida $100,901 Montana $100,677 Nebraska $100,464

Kentucky $100,347 South Carolina $99,920 Tennessee $99,654 Idaho $99,547 New Mexico $98,769 Oklahoma $98,598 Alabama $97,969 South Dakota $96,913

Arkansas $96,337 West Virginia $96,028 Mississippi $95,100

Top Paying Cities for Packaging Engineers

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Freedom: $101,083
Harmony: $101,083
Hartland: $101,083

Freedom, ME $101,083 Harmony, ME $101,083 Hartland, ME $101,083 Hinckley, ME $101,083 Jackman, ME $101,083 Kingfield, ME $101,083 Liberty, ME $101,083 Madison, ME $101,083

Monroe, ME $101,509 Morrill, ME $101,083 Newport, ME $101,296 New Portland, ME $101,083 New Sharon, ME $101,083 New Vineyard, ME $101,083 Norridgewock, ME $101,083 North Anson, ME $101,083

North Vassalboro, ME $101,083 Oakland, ME $101,083 Oquossoc, ME $103,674 Palmyra, ME $101,083 Phillips, ME $103,674 Pittsfield, ME $101,083 Plymouth, ME $101,371 Rangeley, ME $103,674

Portland, ME $107,342 Falmouth, ME $107,342 South Portland, ME $107,342 Cape Elizabeth, ME $107,342 Peaks Island, ME $107,342 Cumberland Foreside, ME $107,342 Auburn, ME $106,276 Andover, ME $106,276

Bethel, ME $106,276 Bryant Pond, ME $106,276 Buckfield, ME $106,276 Canton, ME $106,276 Durham, ME $106,702 Danville, ME $106,276 Dixfield, ME $106,276 Dryden, ME $106,276

East Andover, ME $106,276 East Dixfield, ME $106,276 East Livermore, ME $106,276 East Poland, ME $106,276 Stoneham, ME $106,276 East Wilton, ME $103,674 Greene, ME $106,276 Hanover, ME $106,276

Hebron, ME $106,276 Jay, ME $106,276 Lewiston, ME $106,276 Lisbon, ME $106,276 Lisbon Falls, ME $106,276 Livermore, ME $106,276 Livermore Falls, ME $106,276 Greenwood, ME $106,276

Mechanic Falls, ME $106,276 Mexico, ME $106,276 Minot, ME $106,276 Monmouth, ME $106,276 New Gloucester, ME $106,564 Newry, ME $106,276 North Jay, ME $106,276 Leeds, ME $106,276

North Monmouth, ME $106,276 North Turner, ME $106,276 North Waterford, ME $106,276 Norway, ME $106,276 Oxford, ME $106,276 Paris, ME $106,276 Poland, ME $106,276 Roxbury, ME $106,276

Rumford, ME $106,276 Sabattus, ME $106,276 South Paris, ME $106,276 Turner, ME $106,276 Wayne, ME $106,276 Weld, ME $106,276 West Bethel, ME $106,276 Bowdoin, ME $106,276

West Minot, ME $106,276 West Paris, ME $106,276 Peru, ME $106,276 West Poland, ME $106,276 Sumner, ME $106,276 Wilton, ME $106,276 Augusta, ME $103,674 Coopers Mills, ME $103,674

Dresden, ME $106,276 East Winthrop, ME $106,276 Farmingdale, ME $106,276 Gardiner, ME $106,276 Randolph, ME $106,276 Hallowell, ME $106,276 Jefferson, ME $103,674 Kents Hill, ME $106,276

Litchfield, ME $106,276 Manchester, ME $106,276 Mount Vernon, ME $103,674 Whitefield, ME $106,276 Palermo, ME $101,083 Sebasco Estates, ME $106,489 Readfield, ME $106,276 Saint Albans, ME $101,083

South Bristol, ME $106,276 Squirrel Island, ME $106,276 Trevett, ME $106,276 Waldoboro, ME $106,276 Walpole, ME $106,276 Washington, ME $101,083 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $106,276 Southport, ME $106,276

Wiscasset, ME $106,276 Woolwich, ME $106,276 Ellsworth, ME $101,157 Addison, ME $101,083 Gouldsboro, ME $101,083 Bar Harbor, ME $101,083 Beals, ME $101,083 Bernard, ME $101,083

Birch Harbor, ME $101,083 Blue Hill, ME $101,083 Brooklin, ME $101,083 Brooksville, ME $101,083 Calais, ME $101,083 Cherryfield, ME $101,083 Columbia Falls, ME $101,083 Corea, ME $101,083

Cranberry Isles, ME $101,083 Cutler, ME $101,083 Deer Isle, ME $101,083 Dennysville, ME $101,083 East Blue Hill, ME $101,083 East Machias, ME $101,083 Eastport, ME $101,083 Franklin, ME $101,083

Frenchboro, ME $101,083 Grand Lake Stream, ME $101,083 Hancock, ME $101,083 Harborside, ME $101,083 Harrington, ME $101,083 Hulls Cove, ME $101,083 Isle Au Haut, ME $101,083 Islesford, ME $101,083

Jonesboro, ME $101,083 Jonesport, ME $101,083 Little Deer Isle, ME $101,083 Lubec, ME $101,083 Bass Harbor, ME $101,083 Machias, ME $101,083 Machiasport, ME $101,083 Meddybemps, ME $101,083

Milbridge, ME $101,083 Mount Desert, ME $101,083 Northeast Harbor, ME $101,083 Sullivan, ME $101,083 Pembroke, ME $101,083 Perry, ME $101,083 Princeton, ME $101,083 Prospect Harbor, ME $101,083

Robbinston, ME $101,083 Salsbury Cove, ME $101,083 Sargentville, ME $101,083 Seal Cove, ME $101,083 Seal Harbor, ME $101,083 Sedgwick, ME $101,083 Sorrento, ME $101,083 Southwest Harbor, ME $101,083

Steuben, ME $101,083 Stonington, ME $101,083 Sunset, ME $101,083 Surry, ME $101,083 Swans Island, ME $101,083 Wesley, ME $101,083 Whiting, ME $101,083 Winter Harbor, ME $101,083

Baileyville, ME $101,083 Houlton, ME $101,083 Ashland, ME $101,083 Benedicta, ME $101,083 Blaine, ME $101,083 Bridgewater, ME $101,083 Caribou, ME $101,083 Clayton Lake, ME $101,083

Crouseville, ME $101,083 Eagle Lake, ME $101,083 Easton, ME $101,083 Estcourt Station, ME $101,083 Fort Fairfield, ME $101,083 Fort Kent, ME $101,083 Fort Kent Mills, ME $101,083 Frenchville, ME $101,083

Grand Isle, ME $101,083 Island Falls, ME $101,083 Limestone, ME $101,083 Madawaska, ME $101,083 Mapleton, ME $101,083 Richmond, ME $106,276 South China, ME $101,083 South Gardiner, ME $106,276

Vienna, ME $103,674 Windsor, ME $103,674 Winthrop, ME $106,276 Bangor, ME $102,149 Abbot, ME $101,083 Aurora, ME $101,157 Bradford, ME $101,722 Bradley, ME $102,149

Brewer, ME $102,149 Brookton, ME $101,083 Brownville, ME $101,083 Brownville Junction, ME $101,083 Bucksport, ME $101,648 Burlington, ME $101,083 Greenbush, ME $101,509 Carmel, ME $101,936

Castine, ME $101,083 Charleston, ME $101,435 Danforth, ME $101,083 Dover Foxcroft, ME $101,083 Corinth, ME $101,936 Eddington, ME $102,149 Holden, ME $102,149 East Millinocket, ME $101,083

East Orland, ME $101,435 Etna, ME $101,797 Exeter, ME $101,584 Frankfort, ME $101,584 Greenville, ME $101,083 Greenville Junction, ME $101,083 Guilford, ME $101,083 Hampden, ME $102,149

Howland, ME $101,083 Hudson, ME $102,074 Kenduskeag, ME $102,149 Kingman, ME $101,083 Lagrange, ME $101,296 Lambert Lake, ME $101,083 Lee, ME $101,083 Levant, ME $102,149

Lincoln, ME $101,083 Mattawamkeag, ME $101,083 Medway, ME $101,083 Milford, ME $102,149 Millinocket, ME $101,083 Milo, ME $101,083 Monson, ME $101,083 Olamon, ME $101,371

Old Town, ME $102,149 Orono, ME $102,149 Orient, ME $101,083 Orland, ME $101,435 Orrington, ME $102,149 Passadumkeag, ME $101,083 Penobscot, ME $101,083 Rockwood, ME $101,083

Sangerville, ME $101,083 Sebec, ME $101,083 Shirley Mills, ME $101,083 Springfield, ME $101,083 Stetson, ME $101,648 Stillwater, ME $102,010 Topsfield, ME $101,083 Vanceboro, ME $101,083

Waite, ME $101,083 West Enfield, ME $101,083 Winn, ME $101,083 Winterport, ME $101,861 Wytopitlock, ME $101,083 Bath, ME $106,276 Alna, ME $106,276 Boothbay, ME $106,276

Boothbay Harbor, ME $106,276 Bristol, ME $106,276 Chamberlain, ME $106,276 Damariscotta, ME $106,276 East Boothbay, ME $106,276 Friendship, ME $106,276 Georgetown, ME $106,276 Isle Of Springs, ME $106,276

Bremen, ME $106,276 Newcastle, ME $106,276 New Harbor, ME $106,276 Nobleboro, ME $106,276 Edgecomb, ME $106,276 Pemaquid, ME $106,276 Phippsburg, ME $106,276 Cushing, ME $106,276

Round Pond, ME $106,276 Sandy Point, ME $101,221 Searsmont, ME $101,083 Searsport, ME $101,083 Shawmut, ME $101,083 Skowhegan, ME $101,083 Smithfield, ME $101,083 Solon, ME $101,083

Stockton Springs, ME $101,083 Stratton, ME $101,083 Strong, ME $101,083 Temple, ME $103,674 West Forks, ME $101,083 Thorndike, ME $101,083 Troy, ME $101,083 Unity, ME $101,083

Vassalboro, ME $101,083 West Farmington, ME $103,674 Berwick, ME $112,077 Cape Neddick, ME $112,226 Eliot, ME $112,322 Kittery, ME $112,322 Kittery Point, ME $112,322 North Berwick, ME $111,970

Ogunquit, ME $112,024 South Berwick, ME $112,226 York, ME $112,322 York Beach, ME $112,322 York Harbor, ME $112,322 Acton, ME $107,673 Alfred, ME $108,153 Bailey Island, ME $107,054

Bar Mills, ME $107,054 Biddeford, ME $106,841 Biddeford Pool, ME $106,916 Bowdoinham, ME $106,276 Bridgton, ME $106,276 Brownfield, ME $106,276 Brunswick, ME $106,415 Bustins Island, ME $107,129

Cape Porpoise, ME $108,729 Casco, ME $106,276 Center Lovell, ME $106,276 Chebeague Island, ME $107,342 Cliff Island, ME $107,342 Cornish, ME $106,276 Cumberland Center, ME $107,342 Denmark, ME $106,276

East Baldwin, ME $106,276 Lebanon, ME $108,345 East Parsonsfield, ME $106,724 Sebago, ME $106,276 East Waterboro, ME $107,844 Freeport, ME $106,990 Fryeburg, ME $106,276 Gorham, ME $107,342

Gray, ME $106,916 Harrison, ME $106,276 Hiram, ME $106,276 Hollis Center, ME $106,777 Kennebunk, ME $108,910 Kennebunkport, ME $108,857 Parsonsfield, ME $106,724 Limerick, ME $107,225

Limington, ME $106,937 Long Island, ME $107,342 Lovell, ME $106,276 Moody, ME $111,874 Naples, ME $106,276 Newfield, ME $107,396 North Bridgton, ME $106,276 North Waterboro, ME $107,620

Windham, ME $107,268 Ocean Park, ME $107,204 Old Orchard Beach, ME $107,268 Orrs Island, ME $106,841 Porter, ME $106,052 Pownal, ME $106,916 Scarborough, ME $107,342 Raymond, ME $106,628

Saco, ME $107,129 Sanford, ME $108,217 Sebago Lake, ME $106,415 Shapleigh, ME $107,716 South Casco, ME $106,702 South Freeport, ME $106,916 Harpswell, ME $106,841 South Windham, ME $107,342

Springvale, ME $108,099 Standish, ME $106,990 Steep Falls, ME $106,628 Topsham, ME $106,276 Waterboro, ME $107,993 Waterford, ME $106,276 Wells, ME $109,176 West Baldwin, ME $106,276

Westbrook, ME $107,342 Buxton, ME $106,841 West Kennebunk, ME $108,526 West Newfield, ME $107,150 Yarmouth, ME $107,342 North Yarmouth, ME $107,129 Mars Hill, ME $101,083 Monticello, ME $101,083

New Limerick, ME $101,083 New Sweden, ME $101,083 Oakfield, ME $101,083 Oxbow, ME $101,083 Patten, ME $101,083 Perham, ME $101,083 Portage, ME $101,083 Presque Isle, ME $101,083

Saint Agatha, ME $101,083 Saint David, ME $101,083 Saint Francis, ME $101,083 Sheridan, ME $101,083 Sherman, ME $101,083 Stacyville, ME $101,083 Sinclair, ME $101,083 Smyrna Mills, ME $101,083

Wallagrass, ME $101,083 Stockholm, ME $101,083 Van Buren, ME $101,083 Washburn, ME $101,083 Westfield, ME $101,083 Rockland, ME $101,083 Camden, ME $101,083 Glen Cove, ME $101,083

Hope, ME $101,083 Islesboro, ME $101,083 Lincolnville, ME $101,083 Lincolnville Center, ME $101,083 Matinicus, ME $103,674 Monhegan, ME $106,276 North Haven, ME $101,083 Owls Head, ME $101,083

Port Clyde, ME $106,276 Rockport, ME $101,083 South Thomaston, ME $101,083 Spruce Head, ME $103,674 Tenants Harbor, ME $106,276 Thomaston, ME $103,674 Union, ME $101,083 Vinalhaven, ME $101,083

Warren, ME $103,674 West Rockport, ME $101,083 Waterville, ME $101,083 Albion, ME $101,083 Anson, ME $101,083 Athens, ME $101,083 Belfast, ME $101,083 Belgrade, ME $103,674

Belgrade Lakes, ME $101,083 Bingham, ME $101,083 Brooks, ME $101,083 Burnham, ME $101,083 Cambridge, ME $101,083 Canaan, ME $101,083 Caratunk, ME $101,083 China Village, ME $101,083

Clinton, ME $101,083 Corinna, ME $101,221 Detroit, ME $101,157 Dexter, ME $101,083 Dixmont, ME $101,371 East Newport, ME $101,435 East Vassalboro, ME $101,083 Eustis, ME $101,083

Fairfield, ME $101,083 Farmington, ME $103,674 Garland, ME $101,371 Farmington Falls, ME $103,674

Packaging Engineer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Packaging Engineer's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on May 18, 2021

$94,590

Average $103,759/year

$113,987

$7,882

Average $8,647/month

$9,499

$1,819

Average $1,995/week

$2,192

$45

Average $50/hour

$55

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$113,987	$9,499	$2,192	$55
Average	$103,759	$8,647	$1,995	$50
25th Percentile	$94,590	$7,882	$1,819	$45

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