Quality Associate Salary in Maine

How much does a Quality Associate make in Maine?

As of May 18, 2021, the average salary for a Quality Associate in Maine is $97,994 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $47.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $112,996
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $88,171 to $105,847
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $79,228

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Quality Associate Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$105,847	$8,821	$2,036	$51
Average	$97,994	$8,166	$1,885	$47
25th Percentile	$88,171	$7,348	$1,696	$42

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Key Factors That Influence Quality Associate Salaries

A Quality Associate'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 Quality Associate Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Quality Associate'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): $66,784
Early Career (1-2 years): $81,173
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $98,260
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $122,613
Expert (over 8 years): $148,296

Levels	Salary
Quality A... Level Quality Associate	$66,784
Quality A... Level Quality Associate	$81,173
Quality A... Level Quality Associate	$98,260
Quality A... Level Quality Associate	$122,613
Quality A... Level Quality Associate	$148,296

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How Do Quality Associate 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 Quality Associates. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $111,510.
California: $111,087.
Massachusetts: $109,607.

District of Columbia $111,510 California $111,087 Massachusetts $109,607 Washington $109,204 New Jersey $109,163 Alaska $109,022 Connecticut $107,633 New York $107,069

Hawaii $105,266 Rhode Island $104,420 Maryland $103,846 Minnesota $103,060 Colorado $102,758 Illinois $102,657 Oregon $102,275 Delaware $101,993

New Hampshire $101,815 Virginia $101,419 Pennsylvania $100,260 Nevada $99,676 North Dakota $99,485 Michigan $99,183 Wisconsin $99,072 Vermont $98,850

Texas $98,236 Maine $98,196 Arizona $98,135 Ohio $98,065 Georgia $97,138 Indiana $96,675 Wyoming $96,584 Utah $96,443

Iowa $96,383 Kansas $95,900 Louisiana $95,759 North Carolina $95,708 Missouri $95,688 Florida $95,295 Montana $95,084 Nebraska $94,882

Kentucky $94,772 South Carolina $94,369 Tennessee $94,117 Idaho $94,016 New Mexico $93,281 Oklahoma $93,120 Alabama $92,526 South Dakota $91,529

Arkansas $90,985 West Virginia $90,693 Mississippi $89,816

Top Paying Cities for Quality Associates

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: $95,466
Harmony: $95,466
Hartland: $95,466

Freedom, ME $95,466 Harmony, ME $95,466 Hartland, ME $95,466 Hinckley, ME $95,466 Jackman, ME $95,466 Kingfield, ME $95,466 Liberty, ME $95,466 Madison, ME $95,466

Monroe, ME $95,869 Morrill, ME $95,466 Newport, ME $95,668 New Portland, ME $95,466 New Sharon, ME $95,466 New Vineyard, ME $95,466 Norridgewock, ME $95,466 North Anson, ME $95,466

North Vassalboro, ME $95,466 Oakland, ME $95,466 Oquossoc, ME $97,914 Palmyra, ME $95,466 Phillips, ME $97,914 Pittsfield, ME $95,466 Plymouth, ME $95,738 Rangeley, ME $97,914

Portland, ME $101,378 Falmouth, ME $101,378 South Portland, ME $101,378 Cape Elizabeth, ME $101,378 Peaks Island, ME $101,378 Cumberland Foreside, ME $101,378 Auburn, ME $100,371 Andover, ME $100,371

Bethel, ME $100,371 Bryant Pond, ME $100,371 Buckfield, ME $100,371 Canton, ME $100,371 Durham, ME $100,774 Danville, ME $100,371 Dixfield, ME $100,371 Dryden, ME $100,371

East Andover, ME $100,371 East Dixfield, ME $100,371 East Livermore, ME $100,371 East Poland, ME $100,371 Stoneham, ME $100,371 East Wilton, ME $97,914 Greene, ME $100,371 Hanover, ME $100,371

Hebron, ME $100,371 Jay, ME $100,371 Lewiston, ME $100,371 Lisbon, ME $100,371 Lisbon Falls, ME $100,371 Livermore, ME $100,371 Livermore Falls, ME $100,371 Greenwood, ME $100,371

Mechanic Falls, ME $100,371 Mexico, ME $100,371 Minot, ME $100,371 Monmouth, ME $100,371 New Gloucester, ME $100,643 Newry, ME $100,371 North Jay, ME $100,371 Leeds, ME $100,371

North Monmouth, ME $100,371 North Turner, ME $100,371 North Waterford, ME $100,371 Norway, ME $100,371 Oxford, ME $100,371 Paris, ME $100,371 Poland, ME $100,371 Roxbury, ME $100,371

Rumford, ME $100,371 Sabattus, ME $100,371 South Paris, ME $100,371 Turner, ME $100,371 Wayne, ME $100,371 Weld, ME $100,371 West Bethel, ME $100,371 Bowdoin, ME $100,371

West Minot, ME $100,371 West Paris, ME $100,371 Peru, ME $100,371 West Poland, ME $100,371 Sumner, ME $100,371 Wilton, ME $100,371 Augusta, ME $97,914 Coopers Mills, ME $97,914

Dresden, ME $100,371 East Winthrop, ME $100,371 Farmingdale, ME $100,371 Gardiner, ME $100,371 Randolph, ME $100,371 Hallowell, ME $100,371 Jefferson, ME $97,914 Kents Hill, ME $100,371

Litchfield, ME $100,371 Manchester, ME $100,371 Mount Vernon, ME $97,914 Whitefield, ME $100,371 Palermo, ME $95,466 Sebasco Estates, ME $100,573 Readfield, ME $100,371 Saint Albans, ME $95,466

South Bristol, ME $100,371 Squirrel Island, ME $100,371 Trevett, ME $100,371 Waldoboro, ME $100,371 Walpole, ME $100,371 Washington, ME $95,466 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $100,371 Southport, ME $100,371

Wiscasset, ME $100,371 Woolwich, ME $100,371 Ellsworth, ME $95,537 Addison, ME $95,466 Gouldsboro, ME $95,466 Bar Harbor, ME $95,466 Beals, ME $95,466 Bernard, ME $95,466

Birch Harbor, ME $95,466 Blue Hill, ME $95,466 Brooklin, ME $95,466 Brooksville, ME $95,466 Calais, ME $95,466 Cherryfield, ME $95,466 Columbia Falls, ME $95,466 Corea, ME $95,466

Cranberry Isles, ME $95,466 Cutler, ME $95,466 Deer Isle, ME $95,466 Dennysville, ME $95,466 East Blue Hill, ME $95,466 East Machias, ME $95,466 Eastport, ME $95,466 Franklin, ME $95,466

Frenchboro, ME $95,466 Grand Lake Stream, ME $95,466 Hancock, ME $95,466 Harborside, ME $95,466 Harrington, ME $95,466 Hulls Cove, ME $95,466 Isle Au Haut, ME $95,466 Islesford, ME $95,466

Jonesboro, ME $95,466 Jonesport, ME $95,466 Little Deer Isle, ME $95,466 Lubec, ME $95,466 Bass Harbor, ME $95,466 Machias, ME $95,466 Machiasport, ME $95,466 Meddybemps, ME $95,466

Milbridge, ME $95,466 Mount Desert, ME $95,466 Northeast Harbor, ME $95,466 Sullivan, ME $95,466 Pembroke, ME $95,466 Perry, ME $95,466 Princeton, ME $95,466 Prospect Harbor, ME $95,466

Robbinston, ME $95,466 Salsbury Cove, ME $95,466 Sargentville, ME $95,466 Seal Cove, ME $95,466 Seal Harbor, ME $95,466 Sedgwick, ME $95,466 Sorrento, ME $95,466 Southwest Harbor, ME $95,466

Steuben, ME $95,466 Stonington, ME $95,466 Sunset, ME $95,466 Surry, ME $95,466 Swans Island, ME $95,466 Wesley, ME $95,466 Whiting, ME $95,466 Winter Harbor, ME $95,466

Baileyville, ME $95,466 Houlton, ME $95,466 Ashland, ME $95,466 Benedicta, ME $95,466 Blaine, ME $95,466 Bridgewater, ME $95,466 Caribou, ME $95,466 Clayton Lake, ME $95,466

Crouseville, ME $95,466 Eagle Lake, ME $95,466 Easton, ME $95,466 Estcourt Station, ME $95,466 Fort Fairfield, ME $95,466 Fort Kent, ME $95,466 Fort Kent Mills, ME $95,466 Frenchville, ME $95,466

Grand Isle, ME $95,466 Island Falls, ME $95,466 Limestone, ME $95,466 Madawaska, ME $95,466 Mapleton, ME $95,466 Richmond, ME $100,371 South China, ME $95,466 South Gardiner, ME $100,371

Vienna, ME $97,914 Windsor, ME $97,914 Winthrop, ME $100,371 Bangor, ME $96,474 Abbot, ME $95,466 Aurora, ME $95,537 Bradford, ME $96,071 Bradley, ME $96,474

Brewer, ME $96,474 Brookton, ME $95,466 Brownville, ME $95,466 Brownville Junction, ME $95,466 Bucksport, ME $96,000 Burlington, ME $95,466 Greenbush, ME $95,869 Carmel, ME $96,272

Castine, ME $95,466 Charleston, ME $95,799 Danforth, ME $95,466 Dover Foxcroft, ME $95,466 Corinth, ME $96,272 Eddington, ME $96,474 Holden, ME $96,474 East Millinocket, ME $95,466

East Orland, ME $95,799 Etna, ME $96,141 Exeter, ME $95,940 Frankfort, ME $95,940 Greenville, ME $95,466 Greenville Junction, ME $95,466 Guilford, ME $95,466 Hampden, ME $96,474

Howland, ME $95,466 Hudson, ME $96,403 Kenduskeag, ME $96,474 Kingman, ME $95,466 Lagrange, ME $95,668 Lambert Lake, ME $95,466 Lee, ME $95,466 Levant, ME $96,474

Lincoln, ME $95,466 Mattawamkeag, ME $95,466 Medway, ME $95,466 Milford, ME $96,474 Millinocket, ME $95,466 Milo, ME $95,466 Monson, ME $95,466 Olamon, ME $95,738

Old Town, ME $96,474 Orono, ME $96,474 Orient, ME $95,466 Orland, ME $95,799 Orrington, ME $96,474 Passadumkeag, ME $95,466 Penobscot, ME $95,466 Rockwood, ME $95,466

Sangerville, ME $95,466 Sebec, ME $95,466 Shirley Mills, ME $95,466 Springfield, ME $95,466 Stetson, ME $96,000 Stillwater, ME $96,343 Topsfield, ME $95,466 Vanceboro, ME $95,466

Waite, ME $95,466 West Enfield, ME $95,466 Winn, ME $95,466 Winterport, ME $96,202 Wytopitlock, ME $95,466 Bath, ME $100,371 Alna, ME $100,371 Boothbay, ME $100,371

Boothbay Harbor, ME $100,371 Bristol, ME $100,371 Chamberlain, ME $100,371 Damariscotta, ME $100,371 East Boothbay, ME $100,371 Friendship, ME $100,371 Georgetown, ME $100,371 Isle Of Springs, ME $100,371

Bremen, ME $100,371 Newcastle, ME $100,371 New Harbor, ME $100,371 Nobleboro, ME $100,371 Edgecomb, ME $100,371 Pemaquid, ME $100,371 Phippsburg, ME $100,371 Cushing, ME $100,371

Round Pond, ME $100,371 Sandy Point, ME $95,597 Searsmont, ME $95,466 Searsport, ME $95,466 Shawmut, ME $95,466 Skowhegan, ME $95,466 Smithfield, ME $95,466 Solon, ME $95,466

Stockton Springs, ME $95,466 Stratton, ME $95,466 Strong, ME $95,466 Temple, ME $97,914 West Forks, ME $95,466 Thorndike, ME $95,466 Troy, ME $95,466 Unity, ME $95,466

Vassalboro, ME $95,466 West Farmington, ME $97,914 Berwick, ME $105,850 Cape Neddick, ME $105,991 Eliot, ME $106,082 Kittery, ME $106,082 Kittery Point, ME $106,082 North Berwick, ME $105,749

Ogunquit, ME $105,800 South Berwick, ME $105,991 York, ME $106,082 York Beach, ME $106,082 York Harbor, ME $106,082 Acton, ME $101,691 Alfred, ME $102,144 Bailey Island, ME $101,106

Bar Mills, ME $101,106 Biddeford, ME $100,905 Biddeford Pool, ME $100,975 Bowdoinham, ME $100,371 Bridgton, ME $100,371 Brownfield, ME $100,371 Brunswick, ME $100,502 Bustins Island, ME $101,177

Cape Porpoise, ME $102,688 Casco, ME $100,371 Center Lovell, ME $100,371 Chebeague Island, ME $101,378 Cliff Island, ME $101,378 Cornish, ME $100,371 Cumberland Center, ME $101,378 Denmark, ME $100,371

East Baldwin, ME $100,371 Lebanon, ME $102,325 East Parsonsfield, ME $100,794 Sebago, ME $100,371 East Waterboro, ME $101,852 Freeport, ME $101,046 Fryeburg, ME $100,371 Gorham, ME $101,378

Gray, ME $100,975 Harrison, ME $100,371 Hiram, ME $100,371 Hollis Center, ME $100,845 Kennebunk, ME $102,859 Kennebunkport, ME $102,808 Parsonsfield, ME $100,794 Limerick, ME $101,268

Limington, ME $100,996 Long Island, ME $101,378 Lovell, ME $100,371 Moody, ME $105,659 Naples, ME $100,371 Newfield, ME $101,429 North Bridgton, ME $100,371 North Waterboro, ME $101,640

Windham, ME $101,308 Ocean Park, ME $101,247 Old Orchard Beach, ME $101,308 Orrs Island, ME $100,905 Porter, ME $100,160 Pownal, ME $100,975 Scarborough, ME $101,378 Raymond, ME $100,704

Saco, ME $101,177 Sanford, ME $102,204 Sebago Lake, ME $100,502 Shapleigh, ME $101,731 South Casco, ME $100,774 South Freeport, ME $100,975 Harpswell, ME $100,905 South Windham, ME $101,378

Springvale, ME $102,093 Standish, ME $101,046 Steep Falls, ME $100,704 Topsham, ME $100,371 Waterboro, ME $101,993 Waterford, ME $100,371 Wells, ME $103,111 West Baldwin, ME $100,371

Westbrook, ME $101,378 Buxton, ME $100,905 West Kennebunk, ME $102,496 West Newfield, ME $101,197 Yarmouth, ME $101,378 North Yarmouth, ME $101,177 Mars Hill, ME $95,466 Monticello, ME $95,466

New Limerick, ME $95,466 New Sweden, ME $95,466 Oakfield, ME $95,466 Oxbow, ME $95,466 Patten, ME $95,466 Perham, ME $95,466 Portage, ME $95,466 Presque Isle, ME $95,466

Saint Agatha, ME $95,466 Saint David, ME $95,466 Saint Francis, ME $95,466 Sheridan, ME $95,466 Sherman, ME $95,466 Stacyville, ME $95,466 Sinclair, ME $95,466 Smyrna Mills, ME $95,466

Wallagrass, ME $95,466 Stockholm, ME $95,466 Van Buren, ME $95,466 Washburn, ME $95,466 Westfield, ME $95,466 Rockland, ME $95,466 Camden, ME $95,466 Glen Cove, ME $95,466

Hope, ME $95,466 Islesboro, ME $95,466 Lincolnville, ME $95,466 Lincolnville Center, ME $95,466 Matinicus, ME $97,914 Monhegan, ME $100,371 North Haven, ME $95,466 Owls Head, ME $95,466

Port Clyde, ME $100,371 Rockport, ME $95,466 South Thomaston, ME $95,466 Spruce Head, ME $97,914 Tenants Harbor, ME $100,371 Thomaston, ME $97,914 Union, ME $95,466 Vinalhaven, ME $95,466

Warren, ME $97,914 West Rockport, ME $95,466 Waterville, ME $95,466 Albion, ME $95,466 Anson, ME $95,466 Athens, ME $95,466 Belfast, ME $95,466 Belgrade, ME $97,914

Belgrade Lakes, ME $95,466 Bingham, ME $95,466 Brooks, ME $95,466 Burnham, ME $95,466 Cambridge, ME $95,466 Canaan, ME $95,466 Caratunk, ME $95,466 China Village, ME $95,466

Clinton, ME $95,466 Corinna, ME $95,597 Detroit, ME $95,537 Dexter, ME $95,466 Dixmont, ME $95,738 East Newport, ME $95,799 East Vassalboro, ME $95,466 Eustis, ME $95,466

Fairfield, ME $95,466 Farmington, ME $97,914 Garland, ME $95,738 Farmington Falls, ME $97,914

Quality Associate Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Quality Associate'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

$88,171

Average $97,994/year

$105,847

$7,348

Average $8,166/month

$8,821

$1,696

Average $1,885/week

$2,036

$42

Average $47/hour

$51

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$105,847	$8,821	$2,036	$51
Average	$97,994	$8,166	$1,885	$47
25th Percentile	$88,171	$7,348	$1,696	$42

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