Geophysicist Salary in Maine

How much does a Geophysicist make in Maine?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Geophysicist in Maine is $104,182 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $50.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $119,806
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $94,557 to $112,360
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $85,794

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Geophysicist Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$112,360	$9,363	$2,161	$54
Average	$104,182	$8,682	$2,003	$50
25th Percentile	$94,557	$7,880	$1,818	$45

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Key Factors That Influence Geophysicist Salaries

A Geophysicist'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 Geophysicist Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Geophysicist'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): $96,999
Early Career (1-2 years): $102,478
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $138,790
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $153,355
Expert (over 8 years): $188,500

Levels	Salary
Geophysic... Level Geophysicist	$96,999
Geophysic... Level Geophysicist	$102,478
Geophysic... Level Geophysicist	$138,790
Geophysic... Level Geophysicist	$153,355
Geophysic... Level Geophysicist	$188,500

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

District of Columbia: $118,308.
California: $117,859.
Massachusetts: $116,288.

District of Columbia $118,308 California $117,859 Massachusetts $116,288 Washington $115,861 New Jersey $115,818 Alaska $115,668 Connecticut $114,194 New York $113,595

Hawaii $111,683 Rhode Island $110,785 Maryland $110,176 Minnesota $109,343 Colorado $109,022 Illinois $108,915 Oregon $108,509 Delaware $108,210

New Hampshire $108,022 Virginia $107,601 Pennsylvania $106,372 Nevada $105,752 North Dakota $105,549 Michigan $105,229 Wisconsin $105,111 Vermont $104,876

Texas $104,224 Maine $104,182 Arizona $104,118 Ohio $104,043 Georgia $103,060 Indiana $102,568 Wyoming $102,472 Utah $102,322

Iowa $102,258 Kansas $101,745 Louisiana $101,596 North Carolina $101,542 Missouri $101,521 Florida $101,104 Montana $100,880 Nebraska $100,666

Kentucky $100,549 South Carolina $100,121 Tennessee $99,854 Idaho $99,747 New Mexico $98,967 Oklahoma $98,796 Alabama $98,166 South Dakota $97,108

Arkansas $96,531 West Virginia $96,221 Mississippi $95,292

Top Paying Cities for Geophysicists

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: $102,532
Harmony: $102,487
Hartland: $102,621

Freedom, ME $102,532 Harmony, ME $102,487 Hartland, ME $102,621 Hinckley, ME $102,718 Jackman, ME $102,221 Kingfield, ME $102,803 Liberty, ME $102,720 Madison, ME $102,940

Monroe, ME $102,383 Morrill, ME $102,561 Newport, ME $102,397 New Portland, ME $102,962 New Sharon, ME $102,837 New Vineyard, ME $102,901 Norridgewock, ME $102,903 North Anson, ME $102,964

North Vassalboro, ME $103,148 Oakland, ME $102,937 Oquossoc, ME $102,593 Palmyra, ME $102,462 Phillips, ME $102,634 Pittsfield, ME $102,629 Plymouth, ME $102,410 Rangeley, ME $102,659

Portland, ME $107,558 Falmouth, ME $107,315 South Portland, ME $107,558 Cape Elizabeth, ME $107,345 Peaks Island, ME $107,448 Cumberland Foreside, ME $107,209 Auburn, ME $105,282 Andover, ME $102,630

Bethel, ME $102,803 Bryant Pond, ME $103,186 Buckfield, ME $103,646 Canton, ME $102,997 Durham, ME $105,948 Danville, ME $105,600 Dixfield, ME $102,783 Dryden, ME $102,902

East Andover, ME $102,661 East Dixfield, ME $102,950 East Livermore, ME $103,558 East Poland, ME $105,407 Stoneham, ME $103,233 East Wilton, ME $103,142 Greene, ME $104,476 Hanover, ME $102,716

Hebron, ME $104,380 Jay, ME $102,971 Lewiston, ME $105,226 Lisbon, ME $105,559 Lisbon Falls, ME $105,397 Livermore, ME $103,388 Livermore Falls, ME $103,320 Greenwood, ME $103,323

Mechanic Falls, ME $105,093 Mexico, ME $102,883 Minot, ME $104,702 Monmouth, ME $104,143 New Gloucester, ME $106,018 Newry, ME $102,524 North Jay, ME $102,921 Leeds, ME $103,891

North Monmouth, ME $103,990 North Turner, ME $103,818 North Waterford, ME $103,712 Norway, ME $104,044 Oxford, ME $104,602 Paris, ME $104,250 Poland, ME $105,424 Roxbury, ME $102,560

Rumford, ME $102,824 Sabattus, ME $104,765 South Paris, ME $104,107 Turner, ME $104,110 Wayne, ME $103,637 Weld, ME $102,636 West Bethel, ME $102,721 Bowdoin, ME $104,751

West Minot, ME $104,551 West Paris, ME $103,692 Peru, ME $103,037 West Poland, ME $105,344 Sumner, ME $103,362 Wilton, ME $102,906 Augusta, ME $103,193 Coopers Mills, ME $103,333

Dresden, ME $104,183 East Winthrop, ME $103,514 Farmingdale, ME $103,799 Gardiner, ME $103,987 Randolph, ME $103,799 Hallowell, ME $103,669 Jefferson, ME $102,979 Kents Hill, ME $103,190

Litchfield, ME $104,295 Manchester, ME $103,393 Mount Vernon, ME $102,941 Whitefield, ME $103,392 Palermo, ME $102,808 Sebasco Estates, ME $105,846 Readfield, ME $103,364 Saint Albans, ME $102,541

South Bristol, ME $104,259 Squirrel Island, ME $104,605 Trevett, ME $104,679 Waldoboro, ME $102,958 Walpole, ME $104,092 Washington, ME $102,701 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $104,791 Southport, ME $105,024

Wiscasset, ME $104,494 Woolwich, ME $104,742 Ellsworth, ME $102,283 Addison, ME $102,158 Gouldsboro, ME $102,249 Bar Harbor, ME $102,442 Beals, ME $102,272 Bernard, ME $102,477

Birch Harbor, ME $102,347 Blue Hill, ME $102,392 Brooklin, ME $102,394 Brooksville, ME $102,392 Calais, ME $102,120 Cherryfield, ME $102,004 Columbia Falls, ME $101,999 Corea, ME $102,254

Cranberry Isles, ME $102,276 Cutler, ME $102,006 Deer Isle, ME $102,488 Dennysville, ME $101,910 East Blue Hill, ME $102,396 East Machias, ME $102,006 Eastport, ME $102,309 Franklin, ME $102,260

Frenchboro, ME $102,220 Grand Lake Stream, ME $101,848 Hancock, ME $102,412 Harborside, ME $102,374 Harrington, ME $102,226 Hulls Cove, ME $102,444 Isle Au Haut, ME $102,220 Islesford, ME $102,432

Jonesboro, ME $102,089 Jonesport, ME $102,182 Little Deer Isle, ME $102,475 Lubec, ME $102,056 Bass Harbor, ME $102,480 Machias, ME $102,109 Machiasport, ME $102,158 Meddybemps, ME $101,847

Milbridge, ME $102,267 Mount Desert, ME $102,365 Northeast Harbor, ME $102,432 Sullivan, ME $102,274 Pembroke, ME $102,005 Perry, ME $102,098 Princeton, ME $101,842 Prospect Harbor, ME $102,358

Robbinston, ME $101,984 Salsbury Cove, ME $102,456 Sargentville, ME $102,422 Seal Cove, ME $102,369 Seal Harbor, ME $102,404 Sedgwick, ME $102,410 Sorrento, ME $102,369 Southwest Harbor, ME $102,459

Steuben, ME $102,210 Stonington, ME $102,498 Sunset, ME $102,144 Surry, ME $102,391 Swans Island, ME $102,299 Wesley, ME $101,714 Whiting, ME $101,977 Winter Harbor, ME $102,269

Baileyville, ME $101,946 Houlton, ME $101,734 Ashland, ME $101,586 Benedicta, ME $101,362 Blaine, ME $101,708 Bridgewater, ME $101,468 Caribou, ME $101,917 Clayton Lake, ME $101,733

Crouseville, ME $101,799 Eagle Lake, ME $101,701 Easton, ME $101,814 Estcourt Station, ME $101,774 Fort Fairfield, ME $101,866 Fort Kent, ME $101,911 Fort Kent Mills, ME $101,824 Frenchville, ME $101,940

Grand Isle, ME $101,800 Island Falls, ME $101,373 Limestone, ME $101,837 Madawaska, ME $102,110 Mapleton, ME $101,677 Richmond, ME $104,353 South China, ME $102,911 South Gardiner, ME $104,113

Vienna, ME $102,755 Windsor, ME $102,853 Winthrop, ME $103,806 Bangor, ME $102,354 Abbot, ME $102,373 Aurora, ME $101,816 Bradford, ME $102,307 Bradley, ME $102,311

Brewer, ME $102,349 Brookton, ME $101,472 Brownville, ME $102,014 Brownville Junction, ME $102,643 Bucksport, ME $102,342 Burlington, ME $101,976 Greenbush, ME $102,211 Carmel, ME $102,358

Castine, ME $102,570 Charleston, ME $102,327 Danforth, ME $101,641 Dover Foxcroft, ME $102,385 Corinth, ME $102,345 Eddington, ME $102,321 Holden, ME $102,330 East Millinocket, ME $101,903

East Orland, ME $102,331 Etna, ME $102,380 Exeter, ME $102,363 Frankfort, ME $102,360 Greenville, ME $101,770 Greenville Junction, ME $102,103 Guilford, ME $102,345 Hampden, ME $102,356

Howland, ME $102,112 Hudson, ME $102,337 Kenduskeag, ME $102,348 Kingman, ME $101,534 Lagrange, ME $102,232 Lambert Lake, ME $101,654 Lee, ME $101,953 Levant, ME $102,353

Lincoln, ME $101,945 Mattawamkeag, ME $101,613 Medway, ME $101,640 Milford, ME $102,295 Millinocket, ME $101,487 Milo, ME $102,206 Monson, ME $102,362 Olamon, ME $102,240

Old Town, ME $102,311 Orono, ME $102,338 Orient, ME $101,542 Orland, ME $102,332 Orrington, ME $102,344 Passadumkeag, ME $102,181 Penobscot, ME $102,334 Rockwood, ME $101,927

Sangerville, ME $102,434 Sebec, ME $102,270 Shirley Mills, ME $102,299 Springfield, ME $101,686 Stetson, ME $102,369 Stillwater, ME $102,342 Topsfield, ME $101,558 Vanceboro, ME $101,646

Waite, ME $101,698 West Enfield, ME $102,157 Winn, ME $101,750 Winterport, ME $102,356 Wytopitlock, ME $101,391 Bath, ME $105,467 Alna, ME $103,787 Boothbay, ME $104,493

Boothbay Harbor, ME $104,729 Bristol, ME $103,861 Chamberlain, ME $104,038 Damariscotta, ME $103,796 East Boothbay, ME $104,568 Friendship, ME $103,194 Georgetown, ME $105,334 Isle Of Springs, ME $104,496

Bremen, ME $103,574 Newcastle, ME $103,839 New Harbor, ME $104,203 Nobleboro, ME $103,426 Edgecomb, ME $104,191 Pemaquid, ME $104,102 Phippsburg, ME $105,758 Cushing, ME $102,857

Round Pond, ME $103,842 Sandy Point, ME $102,352 Searsmont, ME $102,596 Searsport, ME $102,369 Shawmut, ME $103,035 Skowhegan, ME $102,810 Smithfield, ME $102,864 Solon, ME $102,810

Stockton Springs, ME $102,352 Stratton, ME $102,724 Strong, ME $102,813 Temple, ME $102,773 West Forks, ME $102,180 Thorndike, ME $102,458 Troy, ME $102,428 Unity, ME $102,556

Vassalboro, ME $102,872 West Farmington, ME $103,171 Berwick, ME $109,345 Cape Neddick, ME $110,178 Eliot, ME $111,638 Kittery, ME $111,962 Kittery Point, ME $111,120 North Berwick, ME $108,502

Ogunquit, ME $109,487 South Berwick, ME $110,446 York, ME $111,077 York Beach, ME $110,545 York Harbor, ME $111,106 Acton, ME $105,405 Alfred, ME $106,899 Bailey Island, ME $106,462

Bar Mills, ME $106,728 Biddeford, ME $106,763 Biddeford Pool, ME $106,764 Bowdoinham, ME $104,677 Bridgton, ME $104,499 Brownfield, ME $104,407 Brunswick, ME $105,914 Bustins Island, ME $106,662

Cape Porpoise, ME $107,242 Casco, ME $105,742 Center Lovell, ME $103,728 Chebeague Island, ME $106,896 Cliff Island, ME $107,129 Cornish, ME $105,610 Cumberland Center, ME $107,007 Denmark, ME $104,391

East Baldwin, ME $105,880 Lebanon, ME $107,643 East Parsonsfield, ME $105,054 Sebago, ME $105,609 East Waterboro, ME $106,414 Freeport, ME $106,467 Fryeburg, ME $103,868 Gorham, ME $106,913

Gray, ME $106,262 Harrison, ME $103,926 Hiram, ME $105,282 Hollis Center, ME $106,546 Kennebunk, ME $107,322 Kennebunkport, ME $106,916 Parsonsfield, ME $105,050 Limerick, ME $106,024

Limington, ME $105,996 Long Island, ME $107,310 Lovell, ME $103,579 Moody, ME $108,641 Naples, ME $105,303 Newfield, ME $105,851 North Bridgton, ME $104,552 North Waterboro, ME $106,228

Windham, ME $106,806 Ocean Park, ME $106,847 Old Orchard Beach, ME $106,918 Orrs Island, ME $106,371 Porter, ME $104,697 Pownal, ME $106,302 Scarborough, ME $107,278 Raymond, ME $106,076

Saco, ME $106,853 Sanford, ME $107,397 Sebago Lake, ME $105,995 Shapleigh, ME $106,401 South Casco, ME $106,138 South Freeport, ME $106,414 Harpswell, ME $106,351 South Windham, ME $107,005

Springvale, ME $106,772 Standish, ME $106,438 Steep Falls, ME $106,210 Topsham, ME $105,550 Waterboro, ME $106,612 Waterford, ME $103,813 Wells, ME $108,430 West Baldwin, ME $105,692

Westbrook, ME $107,307 Buxton, ME $106,734 West Kennebunk, ME $107,267 West Newfield, ME $105,331 Yarmouth, ME $106,907 North Yarmouth, ME $106,684 Mars Hill, ME $101,808 Monticello, ME $101,603

New Limerick, ME $101,670 New Sweden, ME $101,806 Oakfield, ME $101,564 Oxbow, ME $101,150 Patten, ME $101,215 Perham, ME $101,736 Portage, ME $101,682 Presque Isle, ME $101,942

Saint Agatha, ME $101,892 Saint David, ME $101,870 Saint Francis, ME $101,734 Sheridan, ME $101,614 Sherman, ME $101,462 Stacyville, ME $101,336 Sinclair, ME $101,702 Smyrna Mills, ME $101,398

Wallagrass, ME $101,815 Stockholm, ME $101,717 Van Buren, ME $101,843 Washburn, ME $101,803 Westfield, ME $101,663 Rockland, ME $102,800 Camden, ME $102,790 Glen Cove, ME $102,756

Hope, ME $102,752 Islesboro, ME $102,488 Lincolnville, ME $102,572 Lincolnville Center, ME $102,576 Matinicus, ME $102,403 Monhegan, ME $103,496 North Haven, ME $102,473 Owls Head, ME $102,612

Port Clyde, ME $103,187 Rockport, ME $102,766 South Thomaston, ME $102,614 Spruce Head, ME $102,674 Tenants Harbor, ME $102,972 Thomaston, ME $102,688 Union, ME $102,747 Vinalhaven, ME $102,473

Warren, ME $102,639 West Rockport, ME $102,778 Waterville, ME $103,004 Albion, ME $102,841 Anson, ME $102,911 Athens, ME $102,625 Belfast, ME $102,574 Belgrade, ME $102,809

Belgrade Lakes, ME $102,703 Bingham, ME $102,615 Brooks, ME $102,405 Burnham, ME $102,506 Cambridge, ME $102,484 Canaan, ME $102,654 Caratunk, ME $102,421 China Village, ME $103,122

Clinton, ME $102,688 Corinna, ME $102,405 Detroit, ME $102,439 Dexter, ME $102,540 Dixmont, ME $102,391 East Newport, ME $102,402 East Vassalboro, ME $102,933 Eustis, ME $102,310

Fairfield, ME $102,862 Farmington, ME $102,945 Garland, ME $102,351 Farmington Falls, ME $103,112

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

Understanding how a Geophysicist'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

$94,557

Average $104,182/year

$112,360

$7,880

Average $8,682/month

$9,363

$1,818

Average $2,003/week

$2,161

$45

Average $50/hour

$54

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$112,360	$9,363	$2,161	$54
Average	$104,182	$8,682	$2,003	$50
25th Percentile	$94,557	$7,880	$1,818	$45

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