Nuclear Engineer Salary in Maine

How much does a Nuclear Engineer make in Maine?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Nuclear Engineer in Maine is $79,021 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $38.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $89,610
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $73,079 to $84,564
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $67,668

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Nuclear Engineer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$84,564	$7,047	$1,626	$41
Average	$79,021	$6,585	$1,520	$38
25th Percentile	$73,079	$6,090	$1,405	$35

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Key Factors That Influence Nuclear Engineer Salaries

A Nuclear 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 Nuclear Engineer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Nuclear 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): $78,613
Early Career (1-2 years): $91,894
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $111,450
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $134,635
Expert (over 8 years): $155,475

Levels	Salary
Nuclear E... Level Nuclear Engineer	$78,613
Nuclear E... Level Nuclear Engineer	$91,894
Nuclear E... Level Nuclear Engineer	$111,450
Nuclear E... Level Nuclear Engineer	$134,635
Nuclear E... Level Nuclear Engineer	$155,475

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

District of Columbia: $89,735.
California: $89,395.
Massachusetts: $88,204.

District of Columbia $89,735 California $89,395 Massachusetts $88,204 Washington $87,879 New Jersey $87,847 Alaska $87,733 Connecticut $86,615 New York $86,161

Hawaii $84,710 Rhode Island $84,030 Maryland $83,568 Minnesota $82,935 Colorado $82,692 Illinois $82,611 Oregon $82,303 Delaware $82,076

New Hampshire $81,934 Virginia $81,614 Pennsylvania $80,682 Nevada $80,212 North Dakota $80,058 Michigan $79,815 Wisconsin $79,726 Vermont $79,548

Texas $79,053 Maine $79,021 Arizona $78,972 Ohio $78,916 Georgia $78,170 Indiana $77,797 Wyoming $77,724 Utah $77,611

Iowa $77,562 Kansas $77,173 Louisiana $77,060 North Carolina $77,019 Missouri $77,003 Florida $76,687 Montana $76,517 Nebraska $76,354

Kentucky $76,265 South Carolina $75,941 Tennessee $75,739 Idaho $75,657 New Mexico $75,066 Oklahoma $74,936 Alabama $74,458 South Dakota $73,656

Arkansas $73,218 West Virginia $72,983 Mississippi $72,278

Top Paying Cities for Nuclear 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: $77,770
Harmony: $77,736
Hartland: $77,837

Freedom, ME $77,770 Harmony, ME $77,736 Hartland, ME $77,837 Hinckley, ME $77,911 Jackman, ME $77,534 Kingfield, ME $77,975 Liberty, ME $77,912 Madison, ME $78,079

Monroe, ME $77,657 Morrill, ME $77,791 Newport, ME $77,667 New Portland, ME $78,096 New Sharon, ME $78,001 New Vineyard, ME $78,049 Norridgewock, ME $78,051 North Anson, ME $78,097

North Vassalboro, ME $78,237 Oakland, ME $78,077 Oquossoc, ME $77,816 Palmyra, ME $77,717 Phillips, ME $77,847 Pittsfield, ME $77,843 Plymouth, ME $77,677 Rangeley, ME $77,866

Portland, ME $81,582 Falmouth, ME $81,397 South Portland, ME $81,582 Cape Elizabeth, ME $81,420 Peaks Island, ME $81,499 Cumberland Foreside, ME $81,317 Auburn, ME $79,856 Andover, ME $77,844

Bethel, ME $77,975 Bryant Pond, ME $78,266 Buckfield, ME $78,615 Canton, ME $78,122 Durham, ME $80,361 Danville, ME $80,096 Dixfield, ME $77,960 Dryden, ME $78,050

East Andover, ME $77,868 East Dixfield, ME $78,086 East Livermore, ME $78,548 East Poland, ME $79,951 Stoneham, ME $78,301 East Wilton, ME $78,232 Greene, ME $79,244 Hanover, ME $77,909

Hebron, ME $79,172 Jay, ME $78,103 Lewiston, ME $79,813 Lisbon, ME $80,066 Lisbon Falls, ME $79,942 Livermore, ME $78,419 Livermore Falls, ME $78,368 Greenwood, ME $78,369

Mechanic Falls, ME $79,712 Mexico, ME $78,036 Minot, ME $79,416 Monmouth, ME $78,992 New Gloucester, ME $80,414 Newry, ME $77,764 North Jay, ME $78,065 Leeds, ME $78,800

North Monmouth, ME $78,876 North Turner, ME $78,745 North Waterford, ME $78,664 Norway, ME $78,916 Oxford, ME $79,339 Paris, ME $79,073 Poland, ME $79,964 Roxbury, ME $77,791

Rumford, ME $77,991 Sabattus, ME $79,463 South Paris, ME $78,964 Turner, ME $78,967 Wayne, ME $78,608 Weld, ME $77,848 West Bethel, ME $77,913 Bowdoin, ME $79,453

West Minot, ME $79,301 West Paris, ME $78,650 Peru, ME $78,153 West Poland, ME $79,903 Sumner, ME $78,399 Wilton, ME $78,053 Augusta, ME $78,271 Coopers Mills, ME $78,377

Dresden, ME $79,022 East Winthrop, ME $78,514 Farmingdale, ME $78,731 Gardiner, ME $78,873 Randolph, ME $78,731 Hallowell, ME $78,632 Jefferson, ME $78,108 Kents Hill, ME $78,269

Litchfield, ME $79,107 Manchester, ME $78,423 Mount Vernon, ME $78,080 Whitefield, ME $78,422 Palermo, ME $77,979 Sebasco Estates, ME $80,284 Readfield, ME $78,401 Saint Albans, ME $77,777

South Bristol, ME $79,079 Squirrel Island, ME $79,342 Trevett, ME $79,398 Waldoboro, ME $78,093 Walpole, ME $78,953 Washington, ME $77,898 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $79,483 Southport, ME $79,660

Wiscasset, ME $79,258 Woolwich, ME $79,446 Ellsworth, ME $77,581 Addison, ME $77,486 Gouldsboro, ME $77,555 Bar Harbor, ME $77,701 Beals, ME $77,573 Bernard, ME $77,728

Birch Harbor, ME $77,629 Blue Hill, ME $77,663 Brooklin, ME $77,665 Brooksville, ME $77,663 Calais, ME $77,458 Cherryfield, ME $77,369 Columbia Falls, ME $77,365 Corea, ME $77,559

Cranberry Isles, ME $77,576 Cutler, ME $77,371 Deer Isle, ME $77,736 Dennysville, ME $77,298 East Blue Hill, ME $77,667 East Machias, ME $77,371 Eastport, ME $77,600 Franklin, ME $77,564

Frenchboro, ME $77,533 Grand Lake Stream, ME $77,251 Hancock, ME $77,679 Harborside, ME $77,650 Harrington, ME $77,538 Hulls Cove, ME $77,703 Isle Au Haut, ME $77,533 Islesford, ME $77,694

Jonesboro, ME $77,434 Jonesport, ME $77,505 Little Deer Isle, ME $77,727 Lubec, ME $77,409 Bass Harbor, ME $77,730 Machias, ME $77,449 Machiasport, ME $77,486 Meddybemps, ME $77,250

Milbridge, ME $77,569 Mount Desert, ME $77,643 Northeast Harbor, ME $77,694 Sullivan, ME $77,574 Pembroke, ME $77,370 Perry, ME $77,441 Princeton, ME $77,246 Prospect Harbor, ME $77,637

Robbinston, ME $77,354 Salsbury Cove, ME $77,712 Sargentville, ME $77,686 Seal Cove, ME $77,646 Seal Harbor, ME $77,672 Sedgwick, ME $77,677 Sorrento, ME $77,646 Southwest Harbor, ME $77,714

Steuben, ME $77,526 Stonington, ME $77,744 Sunset, ME $77,475 Surry, ME $77,663 Swans Island, ME $77,593 Wesley, ME $77,150 Whiting, ME $77,349 Winter Harbor, ME $77,570

Baileyville, ME $77,325 Houlton, ME $77,164 Ashland, ME $77,052 Benedicta, ME $76,882 Blaine, ME $77,145 Bridgewater, ME $76,962 Caribou, ME $77,304 Clayton Lake, ME $77,163

Crouseville, ME $77,214 Eagle Lake, ME $77,139 Easton, ME $77,225 Estcourt Station, ME $77,195 Fort Fairfield, ME $77,265 Fort Kent, ME $77,299 Fort Kent Mills, ME $77,233 Frenchville, ME $77,321

Grand Isle, ME $77,214 Island Falls, ME $76,890 Limestone, ME $77,243 Madawaska, ME $77,449 Mapleton, ME $77,121 Richmond, ME $79,151 South China, ME $78,057 South Gardiner, ME $78,969

Vienna, ME $77,939 Windsor, ME $78,014 Winthrop, ME $78,736 Bangor, ME $77,635 Abbot, ME $77,649 Aurora, ME $77,227 Bradford, ME $77,599 Bradley, ME $77,602

Brewer, ME $77,631 Brookton, ME $76,966 Brownville, ME $77,376 Brownville Junction, ME $77,854 Bucksport, ME $77,625 Burlington, ME $77,348 Greenbush, ME $77,526 Carmel, ME $77,637

Castine, ME $77,799 Charleston, ME $77,614 Danforth, ME $77,094 Dover Foxcroft, ME $77,659 Corinth, ME $77,628 Eddington, ME $77,610 Holden, ME $77,616 East Millinocket, ME $77,292

East Orland, ME $77,617 Etna, ME $77,654 Exeter, ME $77,642 Frankfort, ME $77,639 Greenville, ME $77,192 Greenville Junction, ME $77,445 Guilford, ME $77,628 Hampden, ME $77,636

Howland, ME $77,451 Hudson, ME $77,622 Kenduskeag, ME $77,630 Kingman, ME $77,013 Lagrange, ME $77,542 Lambert Lake, ME $77,103 Lee, ME $77,330 Levant, ME $77,634

Lincoln, ME $77,325 Mattawamkeag, ME $77,073 Medway, ME $77,093 Milford, ME $77,590 Millinocket, ME $76,977 Milo, ME $77,522 Monson, ME $77,641 Olamon, ME $77,548

Old Town, ME $77,602 Orono, ME $77,623 Orient, ME $77,019 Orland, ME $77,618 Orrington, ME $77,627 Passadumkeag, ME $77,504 Penobscot, ME $77,620 Rockwood, ME $77,311

Sangerville, ME $77,695 Sebec, ME $77,571 Shirley Mills, ME $77,593 Springfield, ME $77,128 Stetson, ME $77,646 Stillwater, ME $77,625 Topsfield, ME $77,031 Vanceboro, ME $77,098

Waite, ME $77,137 West Enfield, ME $77,485 Winn, ME $77,176 Winterport, ME $77,636 Wytopitlock, ME $76,904 Bath, ME $79,996 Alna, ME $78,722 Boothbay, ME $79,257

Boothbay Harbor, ME $79,436 Bristol, ME $78,778 Chamberlain, ME $78,912 Damariscotta, ME $78,728 East Boothbay, ME $79,314 Friendship, ME $78,272 Georgetown, ME $79,895 Isle Of Springs, ME $79,259

Bremen, ME $78,560 Newcastle, ME $78,761 New Harbor, ME $79,037 Nobleboro, ME $78,448 Edgecomb, ME $79,028 Pemaquid, ME $78,960 Phippsburg, ME $80,216 Cushing, ME $78,016

Round Pond, ME $78,763 Sandy Point, ME $77,633 Searsmont, ME $77,818 Searsport, ME $77,646 Shawmut, ME $78,151 Skowhegan, ME $77,980 Smithfield, ME $78,022 Solon, ME $77,980

Stockton Springs, ME $77,633 Stratton, ME $77,915 Strong, ME $77,983 Temple, ME $77,953 West Forks, ME $77,503 Thorndike, ME $77,714 Troy, ME $77,691 Unity, ME $77,788

Vassalboro, ME $78,027 West Farmington, ME $78,254 Berwick, ME $82,937 Cape Neddick, ME $83,569 Eliot, ME $84,676 Kittery, ME $84,922 Kittery Point, ME $84,283 North Berwick, ME $82,298

Ogunquit, ME $83,045 South Berwick, ME $83,773 York, ME $84,251 York Beach, ME $83,847 York Harbor, ME $84,273 Acton, ME $79,949 Alfred, ME $81,082 Bailey Island, ME $80,750

Bar Mills, ME $80,952 Biddeford, ME $80,979 Biddeford Pool, ME $80,980 Bowdoinham, ME $79,397 Bridgton, ME $79,262 Brownfield, ME $79,192 Brunswick, ME $80,335 Bustins Island, ME $80,902

Cape Porpoise, ME $81,342 Casco, ME $80,204 Center Lovell, ME $78,676 Chebeague Island, ME $81,080 Cliff Island, ME $81,256 Cornish, ME $80,105 Cumberland Center, ME $81,164 Denmark, ME $79,180

East Baldwin, ME $80,309 Lebanon, ME $81,646 East Parsonsfield, ME $79,682 Sebago, ME $80,104 East Waterboro, ME $80,714 Freeport, ME $80,755 Fryeburg, ME $78,783 Gorham, ME $81,092

Gray, ME $80,599 Harrison, ME $78,827 Hiram, ME $79,856 Hollis Center, ME $80,814 Kennebunk, ME $81,403 Kennebunkport, ME $81,095 Parsonsfield, ME $79,680 Limerick, ME $80,418

Limington, ME $80,397 Long Island, ME $81,394 Lovell, ME $78,564 Moody, ME $82,403 Naples, ME $79,871 Newfield, ME $80,287 North Bridgton, ME $79,302 North Waterboro, ME $80,573

Windham, ME $81,011 Ocean Park, ME $81,042 Old Orchard Beach, ME $81,097 Orrs Island, ME $80,682 Porter, ME $79,412 Pownal, ME $80,629 Scarborough, ME $81,370 Raymond, ME $80,458

Saco, ME $81,047 Sanford, ME $81,460 Sebago Lake, ME $80,396 Shapleigh, ME $80,704 South Casco, ME $80,505 South Freeport, ME $80,714 Harpswell, ME $80,666 South Windham, ME $81,162

Springvale, ME $80,986 Standish, ME $80,733 Steep Falls, ME $80,559 Topsham, ME $80,059 Waterboro, ME $80,864 Waterford, ME $78,741 Wells, ME $82,243 West Baldwin, ME $80,166

Westbrook, ME $81,392 Buxton, ME $80,957 West Kennebunk, ME $81,361 West Newfield, ME $79,893 Yarmouth, ME $81,088 North Yarmouth, ME $80,919 Mars Hill, ME $77,221 Monticello, ME $77,065

New Limerick, ME $77,116 New Sweden, ME $77,219 Oakfield, ME $77,035 Oxbow, ME $76,722 Patten, ME $76,771 Perham, ME $77,166 Portage, ME $77,125 Presque Isle, ME $77,322

Saint Agatha, ME $77,284 Saint David, ME $77,268 Saint Francis, ME $77,164 Sheridan, ME $77,073 Sherman, ME $76,958 Stacyville, ME $76,863 Sinclair, ME $77,140 Smyrna Mills, ME $76,910

Wallagrass, ME $77,226 Stockholm, ME $77,151 Van Buren, ME $77,247 Washburn, ME $77,217 Westfield, ME $77,111 Rockland, ME $77,973 Camden, ME $77,966 Glen Cove, ME $77,940

Hope, ME $77,937 Islesboro, ME $77,736 Lincolnville, ME $77,800 Lincolnville Center, ME $77,803 Matinicus, ME $77,671 Monhegan, ME $78,501 North Haven, ME $77,725 Owls Head, ME $77,830

Port Clyde, ME $78,266 Rockport, ME $77,947 South Thomaston, ME $77,832 Spruce Head, ME $77,877 Tenants Harbor, ME $78,103 Thomaston, ME $77,888 Union, ME $77,932 Vinalhaven, ME $77,725

Warren, ME $77,851 West Rockport, ME $77,956 Waterville, ME $78,128 Albion, ME $78,004 Anson, ME $78,057 Athens, ME $77,840 Belfast, ME $77,801 Belgrade, ME $77,979

Belgrade Lakes, ME $77,899 Bingham, ME $77,833 Brooks, ME $77,673 Burnham, ME $77,750 Cambridge, ME $77,733 Canaan, ME $77,862 Caratunk, ME $77,685 China Village, ME $78,217

Clinton, ME $77,888 Corinna, ME $77,673 Detroit, ME $77,699 Dexter, ME $77,776 Dixmont, ME $77,663 East Newport, ME $77,671 East Vassalboro, ME $78,073 Eustis, ME $77,601

Fairfield, ME $78,020 Farmington, ME $78,083 Garland, ME $77,633 Farmington Falls, ME $78,210

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

Understanding how a Nuclear 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 01, 2026

$73,079

Average $79,021/year

$84,564

$6,090

Average $6,585/month

$7,047

$1,405

Average $1,520/week

$1,626

$35

Average $38/hour

$41

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$84,564	$7,047	$1,626	$41
Average	$79,021	$6,585	$1,520	$38
25th Percentile	$73,079	$6,090	$1,405	$35

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