Process Engineer Salary in Maine

How much does a Process Engineer make in Maine?

As of April 01, 2026, the average salary for a Process Engineer in Maine is $99,545 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $48.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $113,882
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $92,587 to $107,049
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $86,252

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Process Engineer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$107,049	$8,921	$2,059	$51
Average	$99,545	$8,295	$1,914	$48
25th Percentile	$92,587	$7,716	$1,781	$45

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Key Factors That Influence Process Engineer Salaries

A Process 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 Process Engineer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Process 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): $86,369
Early Career (1-2 years): $98,992
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $109,894
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $134,311
Expert (over 8 years): $117,214

Levels	Salary
Process E... Level Process Engineer	$86,369
Process E... Level Process Engineer	$98,992
Process E... Level Process Engineer	$109,894
Process E... Level Process Engineer	$134,311
Process E... Level Process Engineer	$117,214

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

District of Columbia: $113,042.
California: $112,613.
Massachusetts: $111,112.

District of Columbia $113,042 California $112,613 Massachusetts $111,112 Washington $110,704 New Jersey $110,663 Alaska $110,520 Connecticut $109,111 New York $108,539

Hawaii $106,712 Rhode Island $105,854 Maryland $105,272 Minnesota $104,476 Colorado $104,170 Illinois $104,067 Oregon $103,680 Delaware $103,394

New Hampshire $103,214 Virginia $102,812 Pennsylvania $101,638 Nevada $101,045 North Dakota $100,851 Michigan $100,545 Wisconsin $100,433 Vermont $100,208

Texas $99,585 Maine $99,545 Arizona $99,483 Ohio $99,412 Georgia $98,473 Indiana $98,003 Wyoming $97,911 Utah $97,768

Iowa $97,707 Kansas $97,217 Louisiana $97,074 North Carolina $97,023 Missouri $97,002 Florida $96,604 Montana $96,390 Nebraska $96,186

Kentucky $96,073 South Carolina $95,665 Tennessee $95,410 Idaho $95,308 New Mexico $94,562 Oklahoma $94,399 Alabama $93,797 South Dakota $92,786

Arkansas $92,234 West Virginia $91,938 Mississippi $91,050

Top Paying Cities for Process 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: $96,778
Harmony: $96,778
Hartland: $96,778

Freedom, ME $96,778 Harmony, ME $96,778 Hartland, ME $96,778 Hinckley, ME $96,778 Jackman, ME $96,778 Kingfield, ME $96,778 Liberty, ME $96,778 Madison, ME $96,778

Monroe, ME $97,186 Morrill, ME $96,778 Newport, ME $96,982 New Portland, ME $96,778 New Sharon, ME $96,778 New Vineyard, ME $96,778 Norridgewock, ME $96,778 North Anson, ME $96,778

North Vassalboro, ME $96,778 Oakland, ME $96,778 Oquossoc, ME $99,259 Palmyra, ME $96,778 Phillips, ME $99,259 Pittsfield, ME $96,778 Plymouth, ME $97,053 Rangeley, ME $99,259

Portland, ME $102,771 Falmouth, ME $102,771 South Portland, ME $102,771 Cape Elizabeth, ME $102,771 Peaks Island, ME $102,771 Cumberland Foreside, ME $102,771 Auburn, ME $101,750 Andover, ME $101,750

Bethel, ME $101,750 Bryant Pond, ME $101,750 Buckfield, ME $101,750 Canton, ME $101,750 Durham, ME $102,158 Danville, ME $101,750 Dixfield, ME $101,750 Dryden, ME $101,750

East Andover, ME $101,750 East Dixfield, ME $101,750 East Livermore, ME $101,750 East Poland, ME $101,750 Stoneham, ME $101,750 East Wilton, ME $99,259 Greene, ME $101,750 Hanover, ME $101,750

Hebron, ME $101,750 Jay, ME $101,750 Lewiston, ME $101,750 Lisbon, ME $101,750 Lisbon Falls, ME $101,750 Livermore, ME $101,750 Livermore Falls, ME $101,750 Greenwood, ME $101,750

Mechanic Falls, ME $101,750 Mexico, ME $101,750 Minot, ME $101,750 Monmouth, ME $101,750 New Gloucester, ME $102,026 Newry, ME $101,750 North Jay, ME $101,750 Leeds, ME $101,750

North Monmouth, ME $101,750 North Turner, ME $101,750 North Waterford, ME $101,750 Norway, ME $101,750 Oxford, ME $101,750 Paris, ME $101,750 Poland, ME $101,750 Roxbury, ME $101,750

Rumford, ME $101,750 Sabattus, ME $101,750 South Paris, ME $101,750 Turner, ME $101,750 Wayne, ME $101,750 Weld, ME $101,750 West Bethel, ME $101,750 Bowdoin, ME $101,750

West Minot, ME $101,750 West Paris, ME $101,750 Peru, ME $101,750 West Poland, ME $101,750 Sumner, ME $101,750 Wilton, ME $101,750 Augusta, ME $99,259 Coopers Mills, ME $99,259

Dresden, ME $101,750 East Winthrop, ME $101,750 Farmingdale, ME $101,750 Gardiner, ME $101,750 Randolph, ME $101,750 Hallowell, ME $101,750 Jefferson, ME $99,259 Kents Hill, ME $101,750

Litchfield, ME $101,750 Manchester, ME $101,750 Mount Vernon, ME $99,259 Whitefield, ME $101,750 Palermo, ME $96,778 Sebasco Estates, ME $101,954 Readfield, ME $101,750 Saint Albans, ME $96,778

South Bristol, ME $101,750 Squirrel Island, ME $101,750 Trevett, ME $101,750 Waldoboro, ME $101,750 Walpole, ME $101,750 Washington, ME $96,778 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $101,750 Southport, ME $101,750

Wiscasset, ME $101,750 Woolwich, ME $101,750 Ellsworth, ME $96,849 Addison, ME $96,778 Gouldsboro, ME $96,778 Bar Harbor, ME $96,778 Beals, ME $96,778 Bernard, ME $96,778

Birch Harbor, ME $96,778 Blue Hill, ME $96,778 Brooklin, ME $96,778 Brooksville, ME $96,778 Calais, ME $96,778 Cherryfield, ME $96,778 Columbia Falls, ME $96,778 Corea, ME $96,778

Cranberry Isles, ME $96,778 Cutler, ME $96,778 Deer Isle, ME $96,778 Dennysville, ME $96,778 East Blue Hill, ME $96,778 East Machias, ME $96,778 Eastport, ME $96,778 Franklin, ME $96,778

Frenchboro, ME $96,778 Grand Lake Stream, ME $96,778 Hancock, ME $96,778 Harborside, ME $96,778 Harrington, ME $96,778 Hulls Cove, ME $96,778 Isle Au Haut, ME $96,778 Islesford, ME $96,778

Jonesboro, ME $96,778 Jonesport, ME $96,778 Little Deer Isle, ME $96,778 Lubec, ME $96,778 Bass Harbor, ME $96,778 Machias, ME $96,778 Machiasport, ME $96,778 Meddybemps, ME $96,778

Milbridge, ME $96,778 Mount Desert, ME $96,778 Northeast Harbor, ME $96,778 Sullivan, ME $96,778 Pembroke, ME $96,778 Perry, ME $96,778 Princeton, ME $96,778 Prospect Harbor, ME $96,778

Robbinston, ME $96,778 Salsbury Cove, ME $96,778 Sargentville, ME $96,778 Seal Cove, ME $96,778 Seal Harbor, ME $96,778 Sedgwick, ME $96,778 Sorrento, ME $96,778 Southwest Harbor, ME $96,778

Steuben, ME $96,778 Stonington, ME $96,778 Sunset, ME $96,778 Surry, ME $96,778 Swans Island, ME $96,778 Wesley, ME $96,778 Whiting, ME $96,778 Winter Harbor, ME $96,778

Baileyville, ME $96,778 Houlton, ME $96,778 Ashland, ME $96,778 Benedicta, ME $96,778 Blaine, ME $96,778 Bridgewater, ME $96,778 Caribou, ME $96,778 Clayton Lake, ME $96,778

Crouseville, ME $96,778 Eagle Lake, ME $96,778 Easton, ME $96,778 Estcourt Station, ME $96,778 Fort Fairfield, ME $96,778 Fort Kent, ME $96,778 Fort Kent Mills, ME $96,778 Frenchville, ME $96,778

Grand Isle, ME $96,778 Island Falls, ME $96,778 Limestone, ME $96,778 Madawaska, ME $96,778 Mapleton, ME $96,778 Richmond, ME $101,750 South China, ME $96,778 South Gardiner, ME $101,750

Vienna, ME $99,259 Windsor, ME $99,259 Winthrop, ME $101,750 Bangor, ME $97,799 Abbot, ME $96,778 Aurora, ME $96,849 Bradford, ME $97,390 Bradley, ME $97,799

Brewer, ME $97,799 Brookton, ME $96,778 Brownville, ME $96,778 Brownville Junction, ME $96,778 Bucksport, ME $97,319 Burlington, ME $96,778 Greenbush, ME $97,186 Carmel, ME $97,595

Castine, ME $96,778 Charleston, ME $97,115 Danforth, ME $96,778 Dover Foxcroft, ME $96,778 Corinth, ME $97,595 Eddington, ME $97,799 Holden, ME $97,799 East Millinocket, ME $96,778

East Orland, ME $97,115 Etna, ME $97,462 Exeter, ME $97,258 Frankfort, ME $97,258 Greenville, ME $96,778 Greenville Junction, ME $96,778 Guilford, ME $96,778 Hampden, ME $97,799

Howland, ME $96,778 Hudson, ME $97,727 Kenduskeag, ME $97,799 Kingman, ME $96,778 Lagrange, ME $96,982 Lambert Lake, ME $96,778 Lee, ME $96,778 Levant, ME $97,799

Lincoln, ME $96,778 Mattawamkeag, ME $96,778 Medway, ME $96,778 Milford, ME $97,799 Millinocket, ME $96,778 Milo, ME $96,778 Monson, ME $96,778 Olamon, ME $97,053

Old Town, ME $97,799 Orono, ME $97,799 Orient, ME $96,778 Orland, ME $97,115 Orrington, ME $97,799 Passadumkeag, ME $96,778 Penobscot, ME $96,778 Rockwood, ME $96,778

Sangerville, ME $96,778 Sebec, ME $96,778 Shirley Mills, ME $96,778 Springfield, ME $96,778 Stetson, ME $97,319 Stillwater, ME $97,666 Topsfield, ME $96,778 Vanceboro, ME $96,778

Waite, ME $96,778 West Enfield, ME $96,778 Winn, ME $96,778 Winterport, ME $97,523 Wytopitlock, ME $96,778 Bath, ME $101,750 Alna, ME $101,750 Boothbay, ME $101,750

Boothbay Harbor, ME $101,750 Bristol, ME $101,750 Chamberlain, ME $101,750 Damariscotta, ME $101,750 East Boothbay, ME $101,750 Friendship, ME $101,750 Georgetown, ME $101,750 Isle Of Springs, ME $101,750

Bremen, ME $101,750 Newcastle, ME $101,750 New Harbor, ME $101,750 Nobleboro, ME $101,750 Edgecomb, ME $101,750 Pemaquid, ME $101,750 Phippsburg, ME $101,750 Cushing, ME $101,750

Round Pond, ME $101,750 Sandy Point, ME $96,910 Searsmont, ME $96,778 Searsport, ME $96,778 Shawmut, ME $96,778 Skowhegan, ME $96,778 Smithfield, ME $96,778 Solon, ME $96,778

Stockton Springs, ME $96,778 Stratton, ME $96,778 Strong, ME $96,778 Temple, ME $99,259 West Forks, ME $96,778 Thorndike, ME $96,778 Troy, ME $96,778 Unity, ME $96,778

Vassalboro, ME $96,778 West Farmington, ME $99,259 Berwick, ME $107,304 Cape Neddick, ME $107,447 Eliot, ME $107,539 Kittery, ME $107,539 Kittery Point, ME $107,539 North Berwick, ME $107,202

Ogunquit, ME $107,253 South Berwick, ME $107,447 York, ME $107,539 York Beach, ME $107,539 York Harbor, ME $107,539 Acton, ME $103,087 Alfred, ME $103,547 Bailey Island, ME $102,495

Bar Mills, ME $102,495 Biddeford, ME $102,291 Biddeford Pool, ME $102,362 Bowdoinham, ME $101,750 Bridgton, ME $101,750 Brownfield, ME $101,750 Brunswick, ME $101,883 Bustins Island, ME $102,567

Cape Porpoise, ME $104,098 Casco, ME $101,750 Center Lovell, ME $101,750 Chebeague Island, ME $102,771 Cliff Island, ME $102,771 Cornish, ME $101,750 Cumberland Center, ME $102,771 Denmark, ME $101,750

East Baldwin, ME $101,750 Lebanon, ME $103,731 East Parsonsfield, ME $102,179 Sebago, ME $101,750 East Waterboro, ME $103,251 Freeport, ME $102,434 Fryeburg, ME $101,750 Gorham, ME $102,771

Gray, ME $102,362 Harrison, ME $101,750 Hiram, ME $101,750 Hollis Center, ME $102,230 Kennebunk, ME $104,272 Kennebunkport, ME $104,221 Parsonsfield, ME $102,179 Limerick, ME $102,659

Limington, ME $102,383 Long Island, ME $102,771 Lovell, ME $101,750 Moody, ME $107,110 Naples, ME $101,750 Newfield, ME $102,822 North Bridgton, ME $101,750 North Waterboro, ME $103,036

Windham, ME $102,699 Ocean Park, ME $102,638 Old Orchard Beach, ME $102,699 Orrs Island, ME $102,291 Porter, ME $101,535 Pownal, ME $102,362 Scarborough, ME $102,771 Raymond, ME $102,087

Saco, ME $102,567 Sanford, ME $103,608 Sebago Lake, ME $101,883 Shapleigh, ME $103,128 South Casco, ME $102,158 South Freeport, ME $102,362 Harpswell, ME $102,291 South Windham, ME $102,771

Springvale, ME $103,496 Standish, ME $102,434 Steep Falls, ME $102,087 Topsham, ME $101,750 Waterboro, ME $103,394 Waterford, ME $101,750 Wells, ME $104,527 West Baldwin, ME $101,750

Westbrook, ME $102,771 Buxton, ME $102,291 West Kennebunk, ME $103,904 West Newfield, ME $102,587 Yarmouth, ME $102,771 North Yarmouth, ME $102,567 Mars Hill, ME $96,778 Monticello, ME $96,778

New Limerick, ME $96,778 New Sweden, ME $96,778 Oakfield, ME $96,778 Oxbow, ME $96,778 Patten, ME $96,778 Perham, ME $96,778 Portage, ME $96,778 Presque Isle, ME $96,778

Saint Agatha, ME $96,778 Saint David, ME $96,778 Saint Francis, ME $96,778 Sheridan, ME $96,778 Sherman, ME $96,778 Stacyville, ME $96,778 Sinclair, ME $96,778 Smyrna Mills, ME $96,778

Wallagrass, ME $96,778 Stockholm, ME $96,778 Van Buren, ME $96,778 Washburn, ME $96,778 Westfield, ME $96,778 Rockland, ME $96,778 Camden, ME $96,778 Glen Cove, ME $96,778

Hope, ME $96,778 Islesboro, ME $96,778 Lincolnville, ME $96,778 Lincolnville Center, ME $96,778 Matinicus, ME $99,259 Monhegan, ME $101,750 North Haven, ME $96,778 Owls Head, ME $96,778

Port Clyde, ME $101,750 Rockport, ME $96,778 South Thomaston, ME $96,778 Spruce Head, ME $99,259 Tenants Harbor, ME $101,750 Thomaston, ME $99,259 Union, ME $96,778 Vinalhaven, ME $96,778

Warren, ME $99,259 West Rockport, ME $96,778 Waterville, ME $96,778 Albion, ME $96,778 Anson, ME $96,778 Athens, ME $96,778 Belfast, ME $96,778 Belgrade, ME $99,259

Belgrade Lakes, ME $96,778 Bingham, ME $96,778 Brooks, ME $96,778 Burnham, ME $96,778 Cambridge, ME $96,778 Canaan, ME $96,778 Caratunk, ME $96,778 China Village, ME $96,778

Clinton, ME $96,778 Corinna, ME $96,910 Detroit, ME $96,849 Dexter, ME $96,778 Dixmont, ME $97,053 East Newport, ME $97,115 East Vassalboro, ME $96,778 Eustis, ME $96,778

Fairfield, ME $96,778 Farmington, ME $99,259 Garland, ME $97,053 Farmington Falls, ME $99,259

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

Understanding how a Process 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 April 01, 2026

$92,587

Average $99,545/year

$107,049

$7,716

Average $8,295/month

$8,921

$1,781

Average $1,914/week

$2,059

$45

Average $48/hour

$51

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$107,049	$8,921	$2,059	$51
Average	$99,545	$8,295	$1,914	$48
25th Percentile	$92,587	$7,716	$1,781	$45

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