Help Desk Tech Salary in Maine

How much does a Help Desk Tech make in Maine?

As of May 18, 2021, the average salary for a Help Desk Tech in Maine is $65,165 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $31.

However, a Help Desk Tech's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $84,002
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $59,616 to $75,025
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $54,564

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Help Desk Tech Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$75,025	$6,252	$1,443	$36
Average	$65,165	$5,430	$1,253	$31
25th Percentile	$59,616	$4,968	$1,146	$29

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Key Factors That Influence Help Desk Tech Salaries

A Help Desk Tech'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 Help Desk Tech Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Help Desk Tech'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): $49,739
Early Career (1-2 years): $57,702
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $65,286
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $72,007
Expert (over 8 years): $80,926

Levels	Salary
Help Desk... Level Help Desk Tech	$49,739
Help Desk... Level Help Desk Tech	$57,702
Help Desk... Level Help Desk Tech	$65,286
Help Desk... Level Help Desk Tech	$72,007
Help Desk... Level Help Desk Tech	$80,926

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How Do Help Desk Tech 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 Help Desk Teches. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $74,152.
California: $73,871.
Massachusetts: $72,887.

District of Columbia $74,152 California $73,871 Massachusetts $72,887 Washington $72,619 New Jersey $72,592 Alaska $72,498 Connecticut $71,574 New York $71,199

Hawaii $70,000 Rhode Island $69,438 Maryland $69,056 Minnesota $68,533 Colorado $68,333 Illinois $68,266 Oregon $68,011 Delaware $67,824

New Hampshire $67,706 Virginia $67,442 Pennsylvania $66,672 Nevada $66,283 North Dakota $66,156 Michigan $65,955 Wisconsin $65,881 Vermont $65,734

Texas $65,325 Maine $65,299 Arizona $65,258 Ohio $65,212 Georgia $64,595 Indiana $64,287 Wyoming $64,227 Utah $64,133

Iowa $64,093 Kansas $63,772 Louisiana $63,678 North Carolina $63,644 Missouri $63,631 Florida $63,370 Montana $63,229 Nebraska $63,095

Kentucky $63,022 South Carolina $62,754 Tennessee $62,586 Idaho $62,519 New Mexico $62,030 Oklahoma $61,923 Alabama $61,528 South Dakota $60,865

Arkansas $60,503 West Virginia $60,309 Mississippi $59,727

Top Paying Cities for Help Desk Teches

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: $63,484
Harmony: $63,484
Hartland: $63,484

Freedom, ME $63,484 Harmony, ME $63,484 Hartland, ME $63,484 Hinckley, ME $63,484 Jackman, ME $63,484 Kingfield, ME $63,484 Liberty, ME $63,484 Madison, ME $63,484

Monroe, ME $63,752 Morrill, ME $63,484 Newport, ME $63,618 New Portland, ME $63,484 New Sharon, ME $63,484 New Vineyard, ME $63,484 Norridgewock, ME $63,484 North Anson, ME $63,484

North Vassalboro, ME $63,484 Oakland, ME $63,484 Oquossoc, ME $65,111 Palmyra, ME $63,484 Phillips, ME $65,111 Pittsfield, ME $63,484 Plymouth, ME $63,665 Rangeley, ME $65,111

Portland, ME $67,415 Falmouth, ME $67,415 South Portland, ME $67,415 Cape Elizabeth, ME $67,415 Peaks Island, ME $67,415 Cumberland Foreside, ME $67,415 Auburn, ME $66,745 Andover, ME $66,745

Bethel, ME $66,745 Bryant Pond, ME $66,745 Buckfield, ME $66,745 Canton, ME $66,745 Durham, ME $67,013 Danville, ME $66,745 Dixfield, ME $66,745 Dryden, ME $66,745

East Andover, ME $66,745 East Dixfield, ME $66,745 East Livermore, ME $66,745 East Poland, ME $66,745 Stoneham, ME $66,745 East Wilton, ME $65,111 Greene, ME $66,745 Hanover, ME $66,745

Hebron, ME $66,745 Jay, ME $66,745 Lewiston, ME $66,745 Lisbon, ME $66,745 Lisbon Falls, ME $66,745 Livermore, ME $66,745 Livermore Falls, ME $66,745 Greenwood, ME $66,745

Mechanic Falls, ME $66,745 Mexico, ME $66,745 Minot, ME $66,745 Monmouth, ME $66,745 New Gloucester, ME $66,926 Newry, ME $66,745 North Jay, ME $66,745 Leeds, ME $66,745

North Monmouth, ME $66,745 North Turner, ME $66,745 North Waterford, ME $66,745 Norway, ME $66,745 Oxford, ME $66,745 Paris, ME $66,745 Poland, ME $66,745 Roxbury, ME $66,745

Rumford, ME $66,745 Sabattus, ME $66,745 South Paris, ME $66,745 Turner, ME $66,745 Wayne, ME $66,745 Weld, ME $66,745 West Bethel, ME $66,745 Bowdoin, ME $66,745

West Minot, ME $66,745 West Paris, ME $66,745 Peru, ME $66,745 West Poland, ME $66,745 Sumner, ME $66,745 Wilton, ME $66,745 Augusta, ME $65,111 Coopers Mills, ME $65,111

Dresden, ME $66,745 East Winthrop, ME $66,745 Farmingdale, ME $66,745 Gardiner, ME $66,745 Randolph, ME $66,745 Hallowell, ME $66,745 Jefferson, ME $65,111 Kents Hill, ME $66,745

Litchfield, ME $66,745 Manchester, ME $66,745 Mount Vernon, ME $65,111 Whitefield, ME $66,745 Palermo, ME $63,484 Sebasco Estates, ME $66,879 Readfield, ME $66,745 Saint Albans, ME $63,484

South Bristol, ME $66,745 Squirrel Island, ME $66,745 Trevett, ME $66,745 Waldoboro, ME $66,745 Walpole, ME $66,745 Washington, ME $63,484 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $66,745 Southport, ME $66,745

Wiscasset, ME $66,745 Woolwich, ME $66,745 Ellsworth, ME $63,531 Addison, ME $63,484 Gouldsboro, ME $63,484 Bar Harbor, ME $63,484 Beals, ME $63,484 Bernard, ME $63,484

Birch Harbor, ME $63,484 Blue Hill, ME $63,484 Brooklin, ME $63,484 Brooksville, ME $63,484 Calais, ME $63,484 Cherryfield, ME $63,484 Columbia Falls, ME $63,484 Corea, ME $63,484

Cranberry Isles, ME $63,484 Cutler, ME $63,484 Deer Isle, ME $63,484 Dennysville, ME $63,484 East Blue Hill, ME $63,484 East Machias, ME $63,484 Eastport, ME $63,484 Franklin, ME $63,484

Frenchboro, ME $63,484 Grand Lake Stream, ME $63,484 Hancock, ME $63,484 Harborside, ME $63,484 Harrington, ME $63,484 Hulls Cove, ME $63,484 Isle Au Haut, ME $63,484 Islesford, ME $63,484

Jonesboro, ME $63,484 Jonesport, ME $63,484 Little Deer Isle, ME $63,484 Lubec, ME $63,484 Bass Harbor, ME $63,484 Machias, ME $63,484 Machiasport, ME $63,484 Meddybemps, ME $63,484

Milbridge, ME $63,484 Mount Desert, ME $63,484 Northeast Harbor, ME $63,484 Sullivan, ME $63,484 Pembroke, ME $63,484 Perry, ME $63,484 Princeton, ME $63,484 Prospect Harbor, ME $63,484

Robbinston, ME $63,484 Salsbury Cove, ME $63,484 Sargentville, ME $63,484 Seal Cove, ME $63,484 Seal Harbor, ME $63,484 Sedgwick, ME $63,484 Sorrento, ME $63,484 Southwest Harbor, ME $63,484

Steuben, ME $63,484 Stonington, ME $63,484 Sunset, ME $63,484 Surry, ME $63,484 Swans Island, ME $63,484 Wesley, ME $63,484 Whiting, ME $63,484 Winter Harbor, ME $63,484

Baileyville, ME $63,484 Houlton, ME $63,484 Ashland, ME $63,484 Benedicta, ME $63,484 Blaine, ME $63,484 Bridgewater, ME $63,484 Caribou, ME $63,484 Clayton Lake, ME $63,484

Crouseville, ME $63,484 Eagle Lake, ME $63,484 Easton, ME $63,484 Estcourt Station, ME $63,484 Fort Fairfield, ME $63,484 Fort Kent, ME $63,484 Fort Kent Mills, ME $63,484 Frenchville, ME $63,484

Grand Isle, ME $63,484 Island Falls, ME $63,484 Limestone, ME $63,484 Madawaska, ME $63,484 Mapleton, ME $63,484 Richmond, ME $66,745 South China, ME $63,484 South Gardiner, ME $66,745

Vienna, ME $65,111 Windsor, ME $65,111 Winthrop, ME $66,745 Bangor, ME $64,153 Abbot, ME $63,484 Aurora, ME $63,531 Bradford, ME $63,886 Bradley, ME $64,153

Brewer, ME $64,153 Brookton, ME $63,484 Brownville, ME $63,484 Brownville Junction, ME $63,484 Bucksport, ME $63,839 Burlington, ME $63,484 Greenbush, ME $63,752 Carmel, ME $64,019

Castine, ME $63,484 Charleston, ME $63,705 Danforth, ME $63,484 Dover Foxcroft, ME $63,484 Corinth, ME $64,019 Eddington, ME $64,153 Holden, ME $64,153 East Millinocket, ME $63,484

East Orland, ME $63,705 Etna, ME $63,932 Exeter, ME $63,798 Frankfort, ME $63,798 Greenville, ME $63,484 Greenville Junction, ME $63,484 Guilford, ME $63,484 Hampden, ME $64,153

Howland, ME $63,484 Hudson, ME $64,107 Kenduskeag, ME $64,153 Kingman, ME $63,484 Lagrange, ME $63,618 Lambert Lake, ME $63,484 Lee, ME $63,484 Levant, ME $64,153

Lincoln, ME $63,484 Mattawamkeag, ME $63,484 Medway, ME $63,484 Milford, ME $64,153 Millinocket, ME $63,484 Milo, ME $63,484 Monson, ME $63,484 Olamon, ME $63,665

Old Town, ME $64,153 Orono, ME $64,153 Orient, ME $63,484 Orland, ME $63,705 Orrington, ME $64,153 Passadumkeag, ME $63,484 Penobscot, ME $63,484 Rockwood, ME $63,484

Sangerville, ME $63,484 Sebec, ME $63,484 Shirley Mills, ME $63,484 Springfield, ME $63,484 Stetson, ME $63,839 Stillwater, ME $64,066 Topsfield, ME $63,484 Vanceboro, ME $63,484

Waite, ME $63,484 West Enfield, ME $63,484 Winn, ME $63,484 Winterport, ME $63,973 Wytopitlock, ME $63,484 Bath, ME $66,745 Alna, ME $66,745 Boothbay, ME $66,745

Boothbay Harbor, ME $66,745 Bristol, ME $66,745 Chamberlain, ME $66,745 Damariscotta, ME $66,745 East Boothbay, ME $66,745 Friendship, ME $66,745 Georgetown, ME $66,745 Isle Of Springs, ME $66,745

Bremen, ME $66,745 Newcastle, ME $66,745 New Harbor, ME $66,745 Nobleboro, ME $66,745 Edgecomb, ME $66,745 Pemaquid, ME $66,745 Phippsburg, ME $66,745 Cushing, ME $66,745

Round Pond, ME $66,745 Sandy Point, ME $63,571 Searsmont, ME $63,484 Searsport, ME $63,484 Shawmut, ME $63,484 Skowhegan, ME $63,484 Smithfield, ME $63,484 Solon, ME $63,484

Stockton Springs, ME $63,484 Stratton, ME $63,484 Strong, ME $63,484 Temple, ME $65,111 West Forks, ME $63,484 Thorndike, ME $63,484 Troy, ME $63,484 Unity, ME $63,484

Vassalboro, ME $63,484 West Farmington, ME $65,111 Berwick, ME $70,389 Cape Neddick, ME $70,482 Eliot, ME $70,543 Kittery, ME $70,543 Kittery Point, ME $70,543 North Berwick, ME $70,322

Ogunquit, ME $70,355 South Berwick, ME $70,482 York, ME $70,543 York Beach, ME $70,543 York Harbor, ME $70,543 Acton, ME $67,623 Alfred, ME $67,924 Bailey Island, ME $67,234

Bar Mills, ME $67,234 Biddeford, ME $67,100 Biddeford Pool, ME $67,147 Bowdoinham, ME $66,745 Bridgton, ME $66,745 Brownfield, ME $66,745 Brunswick, ME $66,832 Bustins Island, ME $67,281

Cape Porpoise, ME $68,286 Casco, ME $66,745 Center Lovell, ME $66,745 Chebeague Island, ME $67,415 Cliff Island, ME $67,415 Cornish, ME $66,745 Cumberland Center, ME $67,415 Denmark, ME $66,745

East Baldwin, ME $66,745 Lebanon, ME $68,045 East Parsonsfield, ME $67,027 Sebago, ME $66,745 East Waterboro, ME $67,730 Freeport, ME $67,194 Fryeburg, ME $66,745 Gorham, ME $67,415

Gray, ME $67,147 Harrison, ME $66,745 Hiram, ME $66,745 Hollis Center, ME $67,060 Kennebunk, ME $68,400 Kennebunkport, ME $68,366 Parsonsfield, ME $67,027 Limerick, ME $67,341

Limington, ME $67,161 Long Island, ME $67,415 Lovell, ME $66,745 Moody, ME $70,261 Naples, ME $66,745 Newfield, ME $67,448 North Bridgton, ME $66,745 North Waterboro, ME $67,589

Windham, ME $67,368 Ocean Park, ME $67,328 Old Orchard Beach, ME $67,368 Orrs Island, ME $67,100 Porter, ME $66,605 Pownal, ME $67,147 Scarborough, ME $67,415 Raymond, ME $66,966

Saco, ME $67,281 Sanford, ME $67,964 Sebago Lake, ME $66,832 Shapleigh, ME $67,649 South Casco, ME $67,013 South Freeport, ME $67,147 Harpswell, ME $67,100 South Windham, ME $67,415

Springvale, ME $67,891 Standish, ME $67,194 Steep Falls, ME $66,966 Topsham, ME $66,745 Waterboro, ME $67,824 Waterford, ME $66,745 Wells, ME $68,567 West Baldwin, ME $66,745

Westbrook, ME $67,415 Buxton, ME $67,100 West Kennebunk, ME $68,158 West Newfield, ME $67,294 Yarmouth, ME $67,415 North Yarmouth, ME $67,281 Mars Hill, ME $63,484 Monticello, ME $63,484

New Limerick, ME $63,484 New Sweden, ME $63,484 Oakfield, ME $63,484 Oxbow, ME $63,484 Patten, ME $63,484 Perham, ME $63,484 Portage, ME $63,484 Presque Isle, ME $63,484

Saint Agatha, ME $63,484 Saint David, ME $63,484 Saint Francis, ME $63,484 Sheridan, ME $63,484 Sherman, ME $63,484 Stacyville, ME $63,484 Sinclair, ME $63,484 Smyrna Mills, ME $63,484

Wallagrass, ME $63,484 Stockholm, ME $63,484 Van Buren, ME $63,484 Washburn, ME $63,484 Westfield, ME $63,484 Rockland, ME $63,484 Camden, ME $63,484 Glen Cove, ME $63,484

Hope, ME $63,484 Islesboro, ME $63,484 Lincolnville, ME $63,484 Lincolnville Center, ME $63,484 Matinicus, ME $65,111 Monhegan, ME $66,745 North Haven, ME $63,484 Owls Head, ME $63,484

Port Clyde, ME $66,745 Rockport, ME $63,484 South Thomaston, ME $63,484 Spruce Head, ME $65,111 Tenants Harbor, ME $66,745 Thomaston, ME $65,111 Union, ME $63,484 Vinalhaven, ME $63,484

Warren, ME $65,111 West Rockport, ME $63,484 Waterville, ME $63,484 Albion, ME $63,484 Anson, ME $63,484 Athens, ME $63,484 Belfast, ME $63,484 Belgrade, ME $65,111

Belgrade Lakes, ME $63,484 Bingham, ME $63,484 Brooks, ME $63,484 Burnham, ME $63,484 Cambridge, ME $63,484 Canaan, ME $63,484 Caratunk, ME $63,484 China Village, ME $63,484

Clinton, ME $63,484 Corinna, ME $63,571 Detroit, ME $63,531 Dexter, ME $63,484 Dixmont, ME $63,665 East Newport, ME $63,705 East Vassalboro, ME $63,484 Eustis, ME $63,484

Fairfield, ME $63,484 Farmington, ME $65,111 Garland, ME $63,665 Farmington Falls, ME $65,111

Help Desk Tech Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Help Desk Tech'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

$59,616

Average $65,165/year

$75,025

$4,968

Average $5,430/month

$6,252

$1,146

Average $1,253/week

$1,443

$29

Average $31/hour

$36

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$75,025	$6,252	$1,443	$36
Average	$65,165	$5,430	$1,253	$31
25th Percentile	$59,616	$4,968	$1,146	$29

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