Actor/Performer Salary in Maine

How much does an Actor/Performer make in Maine?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for an Actor/Performer in Maine is $63,224 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $30.

However, an Actor/Performer's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $89,913
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $52,101 to $77,194
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $41,973

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Actor/Performer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$77,194	$6,433	$1,484	$37
Average	$63,224	$5,269	$1,216	$30
25th Percentile	$52,101	$4,342	$1,002	$25

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Key Factors That Influence Actor/Performer Salaries

An Actor/Performer's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how geographic location, and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Do Actor/Performer 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 Actor/Performers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $71,797.
California: $71,524.
Massachusetts: $70,571.

District of Columbia $71,797 California $71,524 Massachusetts $70,571 Washington $70,312 New Jersey $70,286 Alaska $70,195 Connecticut $69,300 New York $68,937

Hawaii $67,776 Rhode Island $67,231 Maryland $66,862 Minnesota $66,356 Colorado $66,162 Illinois $66,097 Oregon $65,850 Delaware $65,669

New Hampshire $65,555 Virginia $65,299 Pennsylvania $64,553 Nevada $64,177 North Dakota $64,054 Michigan $63,860 Wisconsin $63,788 Vermont $63,646

Texas $63,250 Maine $63,224 Arizona $63,185 Ohio $63,140 Georgia $62,543 Indiana $62,245 Wyoming $62,187 Utah $62,096

Iowa $62,057 Kansas $61,746 Louisiana $61,655 North Carolina $61,622 Missouri $61,609 Florida $61,356 Montana $61,220 Nebraska $61,091

Kentucky $61,019 South Carolina $60,760 Tennessee $60,598 Idaho $60,533 New Mexico $60,060 Oklahoma $59,956 Alabama $59,573 South Dakota $58,931

Arkansas $58,581 West Virginia $58,393 Mississippi $57,829

Top Paying Cities for Actor/Performers

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: $62,223
Harmony: $62,196
Hartland: $62,277

Freedom, ME $62,223 Harmony, ME $62,196 Hartland, ME $62,277 Hinckley, ME $62,336 Jackman, ME $62,034 Kingfield, ME $62,388 Liberty, ME $62,337 Madison, ME $62,471

Monroe, ME $62,133 Morrill, ME $62,240 Newport, ME $62,141 New Portland, ME $62,484 New Sharon, ME $62,408 New Vineyard, ME $62,447 Norridgewock, ME $62,448 North Anson, ME $62,485

North Vassalboro, ME $62,597 Oakland, ME $62,469 Oquossoc, ME $62,260 Palmyra, ME $62,181 Phillips, ME $62,285 Pittsfield, ME $62,282 Plymouth, ME $62,149 Rangeley, ME $62,300

Portland, ME $65,273 Falmouth, ME $65,125 South Portland, ME $65,273 Cape Elizabeth, ME $65,143 Peaks Island, ME $65,206 Cumberland Foreside, ME $65,061 Auburn, ME $63,892 Andover, ME $62,282

Bethel, ME $62,388 Bryant Pond, ME $62,620 Buckfield, ME $62,899 Canton, ME $62,505 Durham, ME $64,296 Danville, ME $64,085 Dixfield, ME $62,375 Dryden, ME $62,447

East Andover, ME $62,301 East Dixfield, ME $62,476 East Livermore, ME $62,845 East Poland, ME $63,968 Stoneham, ME $62,648 East Wilton, ME $62,593 Greene, ME $63,402 Hanover, ME $62,334

Hebron, ME $63,345 Jay, ME $62,489 Lewiston, ME $63,858 Lisbon, ME $64,060 Lisbon Falls, ME $63,961 Livermore, ME $62,742 Livermore Falls, ME $62,701 Greenwood, ME $62,703

Mechanic Falls, ME $63,777 Mexico, ME $62,436 Minot, ME $63,540 Monmouth, ME $63,201 New Gloucester, ME $64,339 Newry, ME $62,218 North Jay, ME $62,459 Leeds, ME $63,048

North Monmouth, ME $63,108 North Turner, ME $63,004 North Waterford, ME $62,939 Norway, ME $63,140 Oxford, ME $63,479 Paris, ME $63,266 Poland, ME $63,978 Roxbury, ME $62,240

Rumford, ME $62,400 Sabattus, ME $63,578 South Paris, ME $63,179 Turner, ME $63,181 Wayne, ME $62,893 Weld, ME $62,286 West Bethel, ME $62,338 Bowdoin, ME $63,570

West Minot, ME $63,448 West Paris, ME $62,927 Peru, ME $62,530 West Poland, ME $63,930 Sumner, ME $62,727 Wilton, ME $62,450 Augusta, ME $62,624 Coopers Mills, ME $62,709

Dresden, ME $63,225 East Winthrop, ME $62,819 Farmingdale, ME $62,992 Gardiner, ME $63,106 Randolph, ME $62,992 Hallowell, ME $62,913 Jefferson, ME $62,494 Kents Hill, ME $62,622

Litchfield, ME $63,293 Manchester, ME $62,745 Mount Vernon, ME $62,471 Whitefield, ME $62,745 Palermo, ME $62,390 Sebasco Estates, ME $64,234 Readfield, ME $62,728 Saint Albans, ME $62,229

South Bristol, ME $63,271 Squirrel Island, ME $63,481 Trevett, ME $63,526 Waldoboro, ME $62,482 Walpole, ME $63,170 Washington, ME $62,325 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $63,594 Southport, ME $63,735

Wiscasset, ME $63,413 Woolwich, ME $63,564 Ellsworth, ME $62,072 Addison, ME $61,996 Gouldsboro, ME $62,051 Bar Harbor, ME $62,168 Beals, ME $62,065 Bernard, ME $62,190

Birch Harbor, ME $62,111 Blue Hill, ME $62,138 Brooklin, ME $62,139 Brooksville, ME $62,138 Calais, ME $61,973 Cherryfield, ME $61,902 Columbia Falls, ME $61,899 Corea, ME $62,054

Cranberry Isles, ME $62,068 Cutler, ME $61,904 Deer Isle, ME $62,196 Dennysville, ME $61,845 East Blue Hill, ME $62,140 East Machias, ME $61,904 Eastport, ME $62,087 Franklin, ME $62,058

Frenchboro, ME $62,033 Grand Lake Stream, ME $61,808 Hancock, ME $62,150 Harborside, ME $62,127 Harrington, ME $62,037 Hulls Cove, ME $62,170 Isle Au Haut, ME $62,033 Islesford, ME $62,163

Jonesboro, ME $61,954 Jonesport, ME $62,011 Little Deer Isle, ME $62,188 Lubec, ME $61,934 Bass Harbor, ME $62,191 Machias, ME $61,966 Machiasport, ME $61,996 Meddybemps, ME $61,807

Milbridge, ME $62,062 Mount Desert, ME $62,122 Northeast Harbor, ME $62,163 Sullivan, ME $62,067 Pembroke, ME $61,903 Perry, ME $61,960 Princeton, ME $61,804 Prospect Harbor, ME $62,117

Robbinston, ME $61,890 Salsbury Cove, ME $62,177 Sargentville, ME $62,156 Seal Cove, ME $62,124 Seal Harbor, ME $62,145 Sedgwick, ME $62,149 Sorrento, ME $62,124 Southwest Harbor, ME $62,179

Steuben, ME $62,028 Stonington, ME $62,202 Sunset, ME $61,987 Surry, ME $62,137 Swans Island, ME $62,081 Wesley, ME $61,727 Whiting, ME $61,886 Winter Harbor, ME $62,063

Baileyville, ME $61,867 Houlton, ME $61,738 Ashland, ME $61,649 Benedicta, ME $61,513 Blaine, ME $61,723 Bridgewater, ME $61,577 Caribou, ME $61,850 Clayton Lake, ME $61,738

Crouseville, ME $61,778 Eagle Lake, ME $61,718 Easton, ME $61,787 Estcourt Station, ME $61,763 Fort Fairfield, ME $61,819 Fort Kent, ME $61,846 Fort Kent Mills, ME $61,794 Frenchville, ME $61,864

Grand Isle, ME $61,779 Island Falls, ME $61,519 Limestone, ME $61,801 Madawaska, ME $61,967 Mapleton, ME $61,704 Richmond, ME $63,328 South China, ME $62,453 South Gardiner, ME $63,183

Vienna, ME $62,358 Windsor, ME $62,418 Winthrop, ME $62,996 Bangor, ME $62,115 Abbot, ME $62,126 Aurora, ME $61,788 Bradford, ME $62,087 Bradley, ME $62,089

Brewer, ME $62,112 Brookton, ME $61,580 Brownville, ME $61,908 Brownville Junction, ME $62,290 Bucksport, ME $62,107 Burlington, ME $61,886 Greenbush, ME $62,028 Carmel, ME $62,117

Castine, ME $62,246 Charleston, ME $62,098 Danforth, ME $61,682 Dover Foxcroft, ME $62,134 Corinth, ME $62,109 Eddington, ME $62,095 Holden, ME $62,100 East Millinocket, ME $61,841

East Orland, ME $62,101 Etna, ME $62,131 Exeter, ME $62,120 Frankfort, ME $62,118 Greenville, ME $61,760 Greenville Junction, ME $61,963 Guilford, ME $62,109 Hampden, ME $62,116

Howland, ME $61,968 Hudson, ME $62,105 Kenduskeag, ME $62,111 Kingman, ME $61,617 Lagrange, ME $62,041 Lambert Lake, ME $61,690 Lee, ME $61,871 Levant, ME $62,115

Lincoln, ME $61,867 Mattawamkeag, ME $61,665 Medway, ME $61,681 Milford, ME $62,079 Millinocket, ME $61,589 Milo, ME $62,025 Monson, ME $62,120 Olamon, ME $62,046

Old Town, ME $62,089 Orono, ME $62,105 Orient, ME $61,622 Orland, ME $62,102 Orrington, ME $62,109 Passadumkeag, ME $62,010 Penobscot, ME $62,103 Rockwood, ME $61,856

Sangerville, ME $62,163 Sebec, ME $62,064 Shirley Mills, ME $62,081 Springfield, ME $61,709 Stetson, ME $62,124 Stillwater, ME $62,107 Topsfield, ME $61,632 Vanceboro, ME $61,685

Waite, ME $61,717 West Enfield, ME $61,995 Winn, ME $61,748 Winterport, ME $62,116 Wytopitlock, ME $61,530 Bath, ME $64,004 Alna, ME $62,985 Boothbay, ME $63,413

Boothbay Harbor, ME $63,556 Bristol, ME $63,029 Chamberlain, ME $63,137 Damariscotta, ME $62,990 East Boothbay, ME $63,459 Friendship, ME $62,625 Georgetown, ME $63,923 Isle Of Springs, ME $63,415

Bremen, ME $62,855 Newcastle, ME $63,016 New Harbor, ME $63,237 Nobleboro, ME $62,766 Edgecomb, ME $63,230 Pemaquid, ME $63,175 Phippsburg, ME $64,180 Cushing, ME $62,420

Round Pond, ME $63,018 Sandy Point, ME $62,114 Searsmont, ME $62,262 Searsport, ME $62,124 Shawmut, ME $62,528 Skowhegan, ME $62,391 Smithfield, ME $62,424 Solon, ME $62,391

Stockton Springs, ME $62,114 Stratton, ME $62,340 Strong, ME $62,393 Temple, ME $62,369 West Forks, ME $62,009 Thorndike, ME $62,178 Troy, ME $62,160 Unity, ME $62,238

Vassalboro, ME $62,429 West Farmington, ME $62,611 Berwick, ME $66,357 Cape Neddick, ME $66,863 Eliot, ME $67,749 Kittery, ME $67,945 Kittery Point, ME $67,434 North Berwick, ME $65,846

Ogunquit, ME $66,444 South Berwick, ME $67,026 York, ME $67,408 York Beach, ME $67,086 York Harbor, ME $67,426 Acton, ME $63,967 Alfred, ME $64,873 Bailey Island, ME $64,608

Bar Mills, ME $64,769 Biddeford, ME $64,791 Biddeford Pool, ME $64,791 Bowdoinham, ME $63,525 Bridgton, ME $63,417 Brownfield, ME $63,361 Brunswick, ME $64,275 Bustins Island, ME $64,729

Cape Porpoise, ME $65,081 Casco, ME $64,171 Center Lovell, ME $62,948 Chebeague Island, ME $64,871 Cliff Island, ME $65,012 Cornish, ME $64,091 Cumberland Center, ME $64,939 Denmark, ME $63,351

East Baldwin, ME $64,254 Lebanon, ME $65,324 East Parsonsfield, ME $63,753 Sebago, ME $64,090 East Waterboro, ME $64,579 Freeport, ME $64,611 Fryeburg, ME $63,033 Gorham, ME $64,881

Gray, ME $64,487 Harrison, ME $63,069 Hiram, ME $63,892 Hollis Center, ME $64,659 Kennebunk, ME $65,130 Kennebunkport, ME $64,883 Parsonsfield, ME $63,751 Limerick, ME $64,342

Limington, ME $64,325 Long Island, ME $65,123 Lovell, ME $62,858 Moody, ME $65,930 Naples, ME $63,904 Newfield, ME $64,237 North Bridgton, ME $63,449 North Waterboro, ME $64,466

Windham, ME $64,817 Ocean Park, ME $64,841 Old Orchard Beach, ME $64,885 Orrs Island, ME $64,553 Porter, ME $63,537 Pownal, ME $64,511 Scarborough, ME $65,103 Raymond, ME $64,374

Saco, ME $64,845 Sanford, ME $65,175 Sebago Lake, ME $64,324 Shapleigh, ME $64,571 South Casco, ME $64,411 South Freeport, ME $64,579 Harpswell, ME $64,540 South Windham, ME $64,937

Springvale, ME $64,796 Standish, ME $64,594 Steep Falls, ME $64,455 Topsham, ME $64,055 Waterboro, ME $64,699 Waterford, ME $63,000 Wells, ME $65,802 West Baldwin, ME $64,140

Westbrook, ME $65,121 Buxton, ME $64,773 West Kennebunk, ME $65,096 West Newfield, ME $63,922 Yarmouth, ME $64,878 North Yarmouth, ME $64,743 Mars Hill, ME $61,784 Monticello, ME $61,659

New Limerick, ME $61,700 New Sweden, ME $61,783 Oakfield, ME $61,635 Oxbow, ME $61,384 Patten, ME $61,424 Perham, ME $61,740 Portage, ME $61,707 Presque Isle, ME $61,865

Saint Agatha, ME $61,834 Saint David, ME $61,821 Saint Francis, ME $61,738 Sheridan, ME $61,666 Sherman, ME $61,574 Stacyville, ME $61,497 Sinclair, ME $61,719 Smyrna Mills, ME $61,535

Wallagrass, ME $61,788 Stockholm, ME $61,728 Van Buren, ME $61,805 Washburn, ME $61,781 Westfield, ME $61,696 Rockland, ME $62,386 Camden, ME $62,380 Glen Cove, ME $62,359

Hope, ME $62,356 Islesboro, ME $62,196 Lincolnville, ME $62,247 Lincolnville Center, ME $62,249 Matinicus, ME $62,144 Monhegan, ME $62,808 North Haven, ME $62,187 Owls Head, ME $62,271

Port Clyde, ME $62,620 Rockport, ME $62,365 South Thomaston, ME $62,273 Spruce Head, ME $62,309 Tenants Harbor, ME $62,490 Thomaston, ME $62,317 Union, ME $62,353 Vinalhaven, ME $62,187

Warren, ME $62,288 West Rockport, ME $62,372 Waterville, ME $62,509 Albion, ME $62,410 Anson, ME $62,453 Athens, ME $62,279 Belfast, ME $62,248 Belgrade, ME $62,391

Belgrade Lakes, ME $62,327 Bingham, ME $62,273 Brooks, ME $62,146 Burnham, ME $62,207 Cambridge, ME $62,194 Canaan, ME $62,297 Caratunk, ME $62,155 China Village, ME $62,581

Clinton, ME $62,317 Corinna, ME $62,146 Detroit, ME $62,166 Dexter, ME $62,228 Dixmont, ME $62,137 East Newport, ME $62,144 East Vassalboro, ME $62,466 Eustis, ME $62,088

Fairfield, ME $62,423 Farmington, ME $62,474 Garland, ME $62,113 Farmington Falls, ME $62,575

Actor/Performer Salary by Company Size: Startups vs. Enterprise

Actor/Performer salary potential scales significantly with company size. Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $63,224. While startup companies pay approximate $63,224.

Actor/Performer Salary by Company Size

Company Size	Employees	Average Salary
Startup	1~50	$63,224
Growth Stage	51~500	$63,224
Established	501~5000	$63,224
Enterprise	5000+	$63,224

Actor/Performer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Actor/Performer'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

$52,101

Average $63,224/year

$77,194

$4,342

Average $5,269/month

$6,433

$1,002

Average $1,216/week

$1,484

$25

Average $30/hour

$37

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$77,194	$6,433	$1,484	$37
Average	$63,224	$5,269	$1,216	$30
25th Percentile	$52,101	$4,342	$1,002	$25

Actor/Performer Salary Growth & Career Path

Actor/Performer

Talent Director

Activity Specialist

Choreographer

Promotions are the fastest way to increase your earnings. As an Actor/Performer, you have the following paths for advancement. The table below compares the salary raises for common next-step roles. By comparing these figures, you can choose the career path that best meets your financial goals.

Actor/Performer Salary Growth and Career Path
Next Step Role	Estimate Salary	Projected Raise
Talent Director	$71,581	13%
Activity Specialist	$35,762	-43%

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