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CNA Salary in Maine

How much does a CNA make in Maine?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a CNA in Maine is $33,850 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $16.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $37,098
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $30,370 to $35,550
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $27,202

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CNA Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$35,550	$2,963	$684	$17
Average	$33,850	$2,821	$651	$16
25th Percentile	$30,370	$2,531	$584	$15

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Key Factors That Influence CNA Salaries

A CNA'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 CNA Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a CNA'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:

CNA (0-0 years): $33,841
Nursing Assistant (0-1 years): $34,116
Patient Care Associate (1-3 years): $37,810

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
CNA	0-0 years	$33,841
Nursing Assistant	0-1 years	$34,116
Patient Care Associate	1-3 years	$37,810

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How Do CNA 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 CNAs. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $38,430.
California: $38,290.
Massachusetts: $37,780.

District of Columbia $38,430 California $38,290 Massachusetts $37,780 Washington $37,640 New Jersey $37,630 Alaska $37,580 Connecticut $37,100 New York $36,900

Hawaii $36,280 Rhode Island $35,990 Maryland $35,790 Minnesota $35,520 Colorado $35,420 Illinois $35,380 Oregon $35,250 Delaware $35,150

New Hampshire $35,090 Virginia $34,960 Pennsylvania $34,560 Nevada $34,360 North Dakota $34,290 Michigan $34,190 Wisconsin $34,150 Vermont $34,070

Texas $33,860 Maine $33,850 Arizona $33,830 Ohio $33,800 Georgia $33,480 Indiana $33,320 Wyoming $33,290 Utah $33,240

Iowa $33,220 Kansas $33,050 Louisiana $33,010 North Carolina $32,990 Missouri $32,980 Florida $32,850 Montana $32,770 Nebraska $32,700

Kentucky $32,670 South Carolina $32,530 Tennessee $32,440 Idaho $32,410 New Mexico $32,150 Oklahoma $32,100 Alabama $31,890 South Dakota $31,550

Arkansas $31,360 West Virginia $31,260 Mississippi $30,960

Top Paying Cities for CNAs

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: $33,310
Harmony: $33,300
Hartland: $33,340

Freedom, ME $33,310 Harmony, ME $33,300 Hartland, ME $33,340 Hinckley, ME $33,370 Jackman, ME $33,210 Kingfield, ME $33,400 Liberty, ME $33,370 Madison, ME $33,440

Monroe, ME $33,260 Morrill, ME $33,320 Newport, ME $33,270 New Portland, ME $33,450 New Sharon, ME $33,410 New Vineyard, ME $33,430 Norridgewock, ME $33,430 North Anson, ME $33,450

North Vassalboro, ME $33,510 Oakland, ME $33,440 Oquossoc, ME $33,330 Palmyra, ME $33,290 Phillips, ME $33,340 Pittsfield, ME $33,340 Plymouth, ME $33,270 Rangeley, ME $33,350

Portland, ME $34,940 Falmouth, ME $34,860 South Portland, ME $34,940 Cape Elizabeth, ME $34,870 Peaks Island, ME $34,910 Cumberland Foreside, ME $34,830 Auburn, ME $34,200 Andover, ME $33,340

Bethel, ME $33,400 Bryant Pond, ME $33,520 Buckfield, ME $33,670 Canton, ME $33,460 Durham, ME $34,420 Danville, ME $34,310 Dixfield, ME $33,390 Dryden, ME $33,430

East Andover, ME $33,350 East Dixfield, ME $33,450 East Livermore, ME $33,640 East Poland, ME $34,240 Stoneham, ME $33,540 East Wilton, ME $33,510 Greene, ME $33,940 Hanover, ME $33,370

Hebron, ME $33,910 Jay, ME $33,450 Lewiston, ME $34,190 Lisbon, ME $34,290 Lisbon Falls, ME $34,240 Livermore, ME $33,590 Livermore Falls, ME $33,570 Greenwood, ME $33,570

Mechanic Falls, ME $34,140 Mexico, ME $33,420 Minot, ME $34,020 Monmouth, ME $33,830 New Gloucester, ME $34,440 Newry, ME $33,310 North Jay, ME $33,440 Leeds, ME $33,750

North Monmouth, ME $33,780 North Turner, ME $33,730 North Waterford, ME $33,690 Norway, ME $33,800 Oxford, ME $33,980 Paris, ME $33,870 Poland, ME $34,250 Roxbury, ME $33,320

Rumford, ME $33,410 Sabattus, ME $34,040 South Paris, ME $33,820 Turner, ME $33,820 Wayne, ME $33,670 Weld, ME $33,340 West Bethel, ME $33,370 Bowdoin, ME $34,030

West Minot, ME $33,970 West Paris, ME $33,690 Peru, ME $33,470 West Poland, ME $34,220 Sumner, ME $33,580 Wilton, ME $33,430 Augusta, ME $33,530 Coopers Mills, ME $33,570

Dresden, ME $33,850 East Winthrop, ME $33,630 Farmingdale, ME $33,720 Gardiner, ME $33,780 Randolph, ME $33,720 Hallowell, ME $33,680 Jefferson, ME $33,460 Kents Hill, ME $33,520

Litchfield, ME $33,880 Manchester, ME $33,590 Mount Vernon, ME $33,440 Whitefield, ME $33,590 Palermo, ME $33,400 Sebasco Estates, ME $34,390 Readfield, ME $33,580 Saint Albans, ME $33,310

South Bristol, ME $33,870 Squirrel Island, ME $33,980 Trevett, ME $34,010 Waldoboro, ME $33,450 Walpole, ME $33,820 Washington, ME $33,370 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $34,040 Southport, ME $34,120

Wiscasset, ME $33,950 Woolwich, ME $34,030 Ellsworth, ME $33,230 Addison, ME $33,190 Gouldsboro, ME $33,220 Bar Harbor, ME $33,280 Beals, ME $33,230 Bernard, ME $33,290

Birch Harbor, ME $33,250 Blue Hill, ME $33,260 Brooklin, ME $33,270 Brooksville, ME $33,260 Calais, ME $33,180 Cherryfield, ME $33,140 Columbia Falls, ME $33,140 Corea, ME $33,220

Cranberry Isles, ME $33,230 Cutler, ME $33,140 Deer Isle, ME $33,300 Dennysville, ME $33,110 East Blue Hill, ME $33,270 East Machias, ME $33,140 Eastport, ME $33,240 Franklin, ME $33,220

Frenchboro, ME $33,210 Grand Lake Stream, ME $33,090 Hancock, ME $33,270 Harborside, ME $33,260 Harrington, ME $33,210 Hulls Cove, ME $33,280 Isle Au Haut, ME $33,210 Islesford, ME $33,280

Jonesboro, ME $33,170 Jonesport, ME $33,200 Little Deer Isle, ME $33,290 Lubec, ME $33,160 Bass Harbor, ME $33,290 Machias, ME $33,170 Machiasport, ME $33,190 Meddybemps, ME $33,090

Milbridge, ME $33,220 Mount Desert, ME $33,260 Northeast Harbor, ME $33,280 Sullivan, ME $33,230 Pembroke, ME $33,140 Perry, ME $33,170 Princeton, ME $33,090 Prospect Harbor, ME $33,250

Robbinston, ME $33,130 Salsbury Cove, ME $33,290 Sargentville, ME $33,270 Seal Cove, ME $33,260 Seal Harbor, ME $33,270 Sedgwick, ME $33,270 Sorrento, ME $33,260 Southwest Harbor, ME $33,290

Steuben, ME $33,210 Stonington, ME $33,300 Sunset, ME $33,180 Surry, ME $33,260 Swans Island, ME $33,230 Wesley, ME $33,040 Whiting, ME $33,130 Winter Harbor, ME $33,220

Baileyville, ME $33,120 Houlton, ME $33,050 Ashland, ME $33,000 Benedicta, ME $32,930 Blaine, ME $33,040 Bridgewater, ME $32,960 Caribou, ME $33,110 Clayton Lake, ME $33,050

Crouseville, ME $33,070 Eagle Lake, ME $33,040 Easton, ME $33,080 Estcourt Station, ME $33,060 Fort Fairfield, ME $33,090 Fort Kent, ME $33,110 Fort Kent Mills, ME $33,080 Frenchville, ME $33,120

Grand Isle, ME $33,070 Island Falls, ME $32,930 Limestone, ME $33,080 Madawaska, ME $33,170 Mapleton, ME $33,030 Richmond, ME $33,900 South China, ME $33,430 South Gardiner, ME $33,820

Vienna, ME $33,380 Windsor, ME $33,410 Winthrop, ME $33,720 Bangor, ME $33,250 Abbot, ME $33,260 Aurora, ME $33,080 Bradford, ME $33,240 Bradley, ME $33,240

Brewer, ME $33,250 Brookton, ME $32,970 Brownville, ME $33,140 Brownville Junction, ME $33,350 Bucksport, ME $33,250 Burlington, ME $33,130 Greenbush, ME $33,210 Carmel, ME $33,250

Castine, ME $33,320 Charleston, ME $33,240 Danforth, ME $33,020 Dover Foxcroft, ME $33,260 Corinth, ME $33,250 Eddington, ME $33,240 Holden, ME $33,240 East Millinocket, ME $33,110

East Orland, ME $33,250 Etna, ME $33,260 Exeter, ME $33,260 Frankfort, ME $33,250 Greenville, ME $33,060 Greenville Junction, ME $33,170 Guilford, ME $33,250 Hampden, ME $33,250

Howland, ME $33,170 Hudson, ME $33,250 Kenduskeag, ME $33,250 Kingman, ME $32,990 Lagrange, ME $33,210 Lambert Lake, ME $33,030 Lee, ME $33,120 Levant, ME $33,250

Lincoln, ME $33,120 Mattawamkeag, ME $33,010 Medway, ME $33,020 Milford, ME $33,230 Millinocket, ME $32,970 Milo, ME $33,200 Monson, ME $33,260 Olamon, ME $33,220

Old Town, ME $33,240 Orono, ME $33,250 Orient, ME $32,990 Orland, ME $33,250 Orrington, ME $33,250 Passadumkeag, ME $33,200 Penobscot, ME $33,250 Rockwood, ME $33,110

Sangerville, ME $33,280 Sebec, ME $33,230 Shirley Mills, ME $33,230 Springfield, ME $33,040 Stetson, ME $33,260 Stillwater, ME $33,250 Topsfield, ME $32,990 Vanceboro, ME $33,020

Waite, ME $33,040 West Enfield, ME $33,190 Winn, ME $33,060 Winterport, ME $33,250 Wytopitlock, ME $32,940 Bath, ME $34,260 Alna, ME $33,720 Boothbay, ME $33,950

Boothbay Harbor, ME $34,020 Bristol, ME $33,740 Chamberlain, ME $33,800 Damariscotta, ME $33,720 East Boothbay, ME $33,970 Friendship, ME $33,530 Georgetown, ME $34,220 Isle Of Springs, ME $33,950

Bremen, ME $33,650 Newcastle, ME $33,730 New Harbor, ME $33,850 Nobleboro, ME $33,600 Edgecomb, ME $33,850 Pemaquid, ME $33,820 Phippsburg, ME $34,360 Cushing, ME $33,420

Round Pond, ME $33,740 Sandy Point, ME $33,250 Searsmont, ME $33,330 Searsport, ME $33,260 Shawmut, ME $33,470 Skowhegan, ME $33,400 Smithfield, ME $33,420 Solon, ME $33,400

Stockton Springs, ME $33,250 Stratton, ME $33,370 Strong, ME $33,400 Temple, ME $33,390 West Forks, ME $33,200 Thorndike, ME $33,290 Troy, ME $33,280 Unity, ME $33,320

Vassalboro, ME $33,420 West Farmington, ME $33,520 Berwick, ME $35,520 Cape Neddick, ME $35,790 Eliot, ME $36,270 Kittery, ME $36,370 Kittery Point, ME $36,100 North Berwick, ME $35,250

Ogunquit, ME $35,570 South Berwick, ME $35,880 York, ME $36,090 York Beach, ME $35,910 York Harbor, ME $36,100 Acton, ME $34,240 Alfred, ME $34,730 Bailey Island, ME $34,590

Bar Mills, ME $34,670 Biddeford, ME $34,680 Biddeford Pool, ME $34,690 Bowdoinham, ME $34,010 Bridgton, ME $33,950 Brownfield, ME $33,920 Brunswick, ME $34,410 Bustins Island, ME $34,650

Cape Porpoise, ME $34,840 Casco, ME $34,350 Center Lovell, ME $33,700 Chebeague Island, ME $34,730 Cliff Island, ME $34,800 Cornish, ME $34,310 Cumberland Center, ME $34,760 Denmark, ME $33,910

East Baldwin, ME $34,400 Lebanon, ME $34,970 East Parsonsfield, ME $34,130 Sebago, ME $34,310 East Waterboro, ME $34,570 Freeport, ME $34,590 Fryeburg, ME $33,740 Gorham, ME $34,730

Gray, ME $34,520 Harrison, ME $33,760 Hiram, ME $34,200 Hollis Center, ME $34,610 Kennebunk, ME $34,870 Kennebunkport, ME $34,730 Parsonsfield, ME $34,130 Limerick, ME $34,440

Limington, ME $34,440 Long Island, ME $34,860 Lovell, ME $33,650 Moody, ME $35,290 Naples, ME $34,210 Newfield, ME $34,390 North Bridgton, ME $33,970 North Waterboro, ME $34,510

Windham, ME $34,700 Ocean Park, ME $34,710 Old Orchard Beach, ME $34,740 Orrs Island, ME $34,560 Porter, ME $34,010 Pownal, ME $34,530 Scarborough, ME $34,850 Raymond, ME $34,460

Saco, ME $34,710 Sanford, ME $34,890 Sebago Lake, ME $34,440 Shapleigh, ME $34,570 South Casco, ME $34,480 South Freeport, ME $34,570 Harpswell, ME $34,550 South Windham, ME $34,760

Springvale, ME $34,690 Standish, ME $34,580 Steep Falls, ME $34,510 Topsham, ME $34,290 Waterboro, ME $34,640 Waterford, ME $33,730 Wells, ME $35,230 West Baldwin, ME $34,340

Westbrook, ME $34,860 Buxton, ME $34,680 West Kennebunk, ME $34,850 West Newfield, ME $34,220 Yarmouth, ME $34,730 North Yarmouth, ME $34,660 Mars Hill, ME $33,080 Monticello, ME $33,010

New Limerick, ME $33,030 New Sweden, ME $33,070 Oakfield, ME $33,000 Oxbow, ME $32,860 Patten, ME $32,880 Perham, ME $33,050 Portage, ME $33,030 Presque Isle, ME $33,120

Saint Agatha, ME $33,100 Saint David, ME $33,100 Saint Francis, ME $33,050 Sheridan, ME $33,010 Sherman, ME $32,960 Stacyville, ME $32,920 Sinclair, ME $33,040 Smyrna Mills, ME $32,940

Wallagrass, ME $33,080 Stockholm, ME $33,050 Van Buren, ME $33,090 Washburn, ME $33,070 Westfield, ME $33,030 Rockland, ME $33,400 Camden, ME $33,390 Glen Cove, ME $33,380

Hope, ME $33,380 Islesboro, ME $33,300 Lincolnville, ME $33,320 Lincolnville Center, ME $33,320 Matinicus, ME $33,270 Monhegan, ME $33,620 North Haven, ME $33,290 Owls Head, ME $33,340

Port Clyde, ME $33,520 Rockport, ME $33,390 South Thomaston, ME $33,340 Spruce Head, ME $33,360 Tenants Harbor, ME $33,450 Thomaston, ME $33,360 Union, ME $33,380 Vinalhaven, ME $33,290

Warren, ME $33,350 West Rockport, ME $33,390 Waterville, ME $33,460 Albion, ME $33,410 Anson, ME $33,430 Athens, ME $33,340 Belfast, ME $33,320 Belgrade, ME $33,400

Belgrade Lakes, ME $33,370 Bingham, ME $33,340 Brooks, ME $33,270 Burnham, ME $33,300 Cambridge, ME $33,290 Canaan, ME $33,350 Caratunk, ME $33,270 China Village, ME $33,500

Clinton, ME $33,360 Corinna, ME $33,270 Detroit, ME $33,280 Dexter, ME $33,310 Dixmont, ME $33,260 East Newport, ME $33,270 East Vassalboro, ME $33,440 Eustis, ME $33,240

Fairfield, ME $33,420 Farmington, ME $33,440 Garland, ME $33,250 Farmington Falls, ME $33,500

CNA Salary by Company Size: Startups vs. Enterprise

CNA salary potential scales significantly with company size. Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $36,139. While startup companies pay approximate $30,726.

CNA Salary by Company Size

Company Size	Employees	Average Salary
Startup	1~50	$30,726
Growth Stage	51~500	$32,455
Established	501~5000	$34,944
Enterprise	5000+	$36,139

CNA Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For CNA roles, the industry you choose can impact your earning potential by as much as 80% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the highest-paying industry, Healthcare, offers compensation 40% above the average. Conversely, CNA positions in Business Services typically offer lower base pay, as this sector often view CNA as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industry for a CNA

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Healthcare	$47,390	$23.0	40%

CNA Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a CNA'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 July 01, 2026

$30,370

Average $33,850/year

$35,550

$2,531

Average $2,821/month

$2,963

$584

Average $651/week

$684

$15

Average $16/hour

$17

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$35,550	$2,963	$684	$17
Average	$33,850	$2,821	$651	$16
25th Percentile	$30,370	$2,531	$584	$15

CNA Salary Growth & Career Path

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Patient Care Associate

For a CNA, the most direct path to higher earnings is advancing to the Nursing Assistant role. This promotion typically comes with a significant pay increase, bringing the average annual salary to $34,200 - a projected growth of 1% over your current level.

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