Distribution Lineman Salary in Maine

How much does a Distribution Lineman make in Maine?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Distribution Lineman in Maine is $83,813 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $40.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $96,908
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $73,937 to $90,667
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $64,946

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Distribution Lineman Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$90,667	$7,556	$1,744	$44
Average	$83,813	$6,984	$1,612	$40
25th Percentile	$73,937	$6,161	$1,422	$36

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Key Factors That Influence Distribution Lineman Salaries

A Distribution Lineman'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 Do Distribution Lineman 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 Distribution Linemans. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $95,177.
California: $94,816.
Massachusetts: $93,552.

District of Columbia $95,177 California $94,816 Massachusetts $93,552 Washington $93,208 New Jersey $93,174 Alaska $93,053 Connecticut $91,867 New York $91,386

Hawaii $89,847 Rhode Island $89,125 Maryland $88,635 Minnesota $87,965 Colorado $87,707 Illinois $87,621 Oregon $87,294 Delaware $87,053

New Hampshire $86,902 Virginia $86,563 Pennsylvania $85,575 Nevada $85,076 North Dakota $84,913 Michigan $84,655 Wisconsin $84,560 Vermont $84,371

Texas $83,847 Maine $83,813 Arizona $83,761 Ohio $83,701 Georgia $82,910 Indiana $82,515 Wyoming $82,437 Utah $82,317

Iowa $82,265 Kansas $81,853 Louisiana $81,732 North Carolina $81,689 Missouri $81,672 Florida $81,337 Montana $81,156 Nebraska $80,984

Kentucky $80,890 South Carolina $80,546 Tennessee $80,331 Idaho $80,245 New Mexico $79,618 Oklahoma $79,480 Alabama $78,973 South Dakota $78,122

Arkansas $77,658 West Virginia $77,408 Mississippi $76,661

Top Paying Cities for Distribution Linemans

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: $82,485
Harmony: $82,449
Hartland: $82,557

Freedom, ME $82,485 Harmony, ME $82,449 Hartland, ME $82,557 Hinckley, ME $82,635 Jackman, ME $82,235 Kingfield, ME $82,704 Liberty, ME $82,637 Madison, ME $82,814

Monroe, ME $82,366 Morrill, ME $82,509 Newport, ME $82,377 New Portland, ME $82,832 New Sharon, ME $82,731 New Vineyard, ME $82,782 Norridgewock, ME $82,784 North Anson, ME $82,833

North Vassalboro, ME $82,981 Oakland, ME $82,811 Oquossoc, ME $82,534 Palmyra, ME $82,429 Phillips, ME $82,568 Pittsfield, ME $82,564 Plymouth, ME $82,387 Rangeley, ME $82,588

Portland, ME $86,529 Falmouth, ME $86,333 South Portland, ME $86,529 Cape Elizabeth, ME $86,357 Peaks Island, ME $86,440 Cumberland Foreside, ME $86,248 Auburn, ME $84,698 Andover, ME $82,564

Bethel, ME $82,704 Bryant Pond, ME $83,011 Buckfield, ME $83,382 Canton, ME $82,859 Durham, ME $85,234 Danville, ME $84,953 Dixfield, ME $82,687 Dryden, ME $82,783

East Andover, ME $82,589 East Dixfield, ME $82,821 East Livermore, ME $83,311 East Poland, ME $84,799 Stoneham, ME $83,049 East Wilton, ME $82,976 Greene, ME $84,049 Hanover, ME $82,633

Hebron, ME $83,972 Jay, ME $82,839 Lewiston, ME $84,652 Lisbon, ME $84,921 Lisbon Falls, ME $84,790 Livermore, ME $83,174 Livermore Falls, ME $83,120 Greenwood, ME $83,121

Mechanic Falls, ME $84,546 Mexico, ME $82,768 Minot, ME $84,231 Monmouth, ME $83,782 New Gloucester, ME $85,290 Newry, ME $82,479 North Jay, ME $82,798 Leeds, ME $83,579

North Monmouth, ME $83,659 North Turner, ME $83,520 North Waterford, ME $83,434 Norway, ME $83,702 Oxford, ME $84,150 Paris, ME $83,868 Poland, ME $84,812 Roxbury, ME $82,508

Rumford, ME $82,720 Sabattus, ME $84,282 South Paris, ME $83,752 Turner, ME $83,755 Wayne, ME $83,374 Weld, ME $82,569 West Bethel, ME $82,637 Bowdoin, ME $84,271

West Minot, ME $84,110 West Paris, ME $83,419 Peru, ME $82,892 West Poland, ME $84,748 Sumner, ME $83,153 Wilton, ME $82,786 Augusta, ME $83,017 Coopers Mills, ME $83,130

Dresden, ME $83,813 East Winthrop, ME $83,275 Farmingdale, ME $83,505 Gardiner, ME $83,656 Randolph, ME $83,505 Hallowell, ME $83,400 Jefferson, ME $82,845 Kents Hill, ME $83,015

Litchfield, ME $83,904 Manchester, ME $83,178 Mount Vernon, ME $82,815 Whitefield, ME $83,177 Palermo, ME $82,707 Sebasco Estates, ME $85,152 Readfield, ME $83,155 Saint Albans, ME $82,493

South Bristol, ME $83,874 Squirrel Island, ME $84,153 Trevett, ME $84,212 Waldoboro, ME $82,828 Walpole, ME $83,740 Washington, ME $82,621 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $84,303 Southport, ME $84,490

Wiscasset, ME $84,064 Woolwich, ME $84,263 Ellsworth, ME $82,285 Addison, ME $82,184 Gouldsboro, ME $82,258 Bar Harbor, ME $82,413 Beals, ME $82,276 Bernard, ME $82,441

Birch Harbor, ME $82,337 Blue Hill, ME $82,373 Brooklin, ME $82,374 Brooksville, ME $82,373 Calais, ME $82,154 Cherryfield, ME $82,061 Columbia Falls, ME $82,056 Corea, ME $82,262

Cranberry Isles, ME $82,280 Cutler, ME $82,062 Deer Isle, ME $82,450 Dennysville, ME $81,985 East Blue Hill, ME $82,376 East Machias, ME $82,062 Eastport, ME $82,306 Franklin, ME $82,267

Frenchboro, ME $82,234 Grand Lake Stream, ME $81,935 Hancock, ME $82,389 Harborside, ME $82,358 Harrington, ME $82,239 Hulls Cove, ME $82,415 Isle Au Haut, ME $82,234 Islesford, ME $82,405

Jonesboro, ME $82,129 Jonesport, ME $82,204 Little Deer Isle, ME $82,440 Lubec, ME $82,103 Bass Harbor, ME $82,443 Machias, ME $82,145 Machiasport, ME $82,184 Meddybemps, ME $81,934

Milbridge, ME $82,272 Mount Desert, ME $82,351 Northeast Harbor, ME $82,405 Sullivan, ME $82,278 Pembroke, ME $82,062 Perry, ME $82,136 Princeton, ME $81,930 Prospect Harbor, ME $82,345

Robbinston, ME $82,044 Salsbury Cove, ME $82,424 Sargentville, ME $82,397 Seal Cove, ME $82,355 Seal Harbor, ME $82,382 Sedgwick, ME $82,387 Sorrento, ME $82,355 Southwest Harbor, ME $82,427

Steuben, ME $82,227 Stonington, ME $82,458 Sunset, ME $82,173 Surry, ME $82,372 Swans Island, ME $82,298 Wesley, ME $81,828 Whiting, ME $82,039 Winter Harbor, ME $82,274

Baileyville, ME $82,014 Houlton, ME $81,843 Ashland, ME $81,725 Benedicta, ME $81,544 Blaine, ME $81,823 Bridgewater, ME $81,629 Caribou, ME $81,991 Clayton Lake, ME $81,842

Crouseville, ME $81,896 Eagle Lake, ME $81,817 Easton, ME $81,908 Estcourt Station, ME $81,876 Fort Fairfield, ME $81,950 Fort Kent, ME $81,986 Fort Kent Mills, ME $81,916 Frenchville, ME $82,009

Grand Isle, ME $81,896 Island Falls, ME $81,553 Limestone, ME $81,927 Madawaska, ME $82,146 Mapleton, ME $81,798 Richmond, ME $83,950 South China, ME $82,790 South Gardiner, ME $83,758

Vienna, ME $82,665 Windsor, ME $82,744 Winthrop, ME $83,510 Bangor, ME $82,343 Abbot, ME $82,357 Aurora, ME $81,909 Bradford, ME $82,305 Bradley, ME $82,307

Brewer, ME $82,338 Brookton, ME $81,633 Brownville, ME $82,068 Brownville Junction, ME $82,575 Bucksport, ME $82,332 Burlington, ME $82,038 Greenbush, ME $82,227 Carmel, ME $82,345

Castine, ME $82,516 Charleston, ME $82,320 Danforth, ME $81,768 Dover Foxcroft, ME $82,368 Corinth, ME $82,335 Eddington, ME $82,316 Holden, ME $82,323 East Millinocket, ME $81,979

East Orland, ME $82,324 Etna, ME $82,363 Exeter, ME $82,349 Frankfort, ME $82,347 Greenville, ME $81,872 Greenville Junction, ME $82,141 Guilford, ME $82,335 Hampden, ME $82,343

Howland, ME $82,147 Hudson, ME $82,329 Kenduskeag, ME $82,337 Kingman, ME $81,682 Lagrange, ME $82,244 Lambert Lake, ME $81,779 Lee, ME $82,019 Levant, ME $82,342

Lincoln, ME $82,013 Mattawamkeag, ME $81,746 Medway, ME $81,768 Milford, ME $82,294 Millinocket, ME $81,645 Milo, ME $82,223 Monson, ME $82,349 Olamon, ME $82,251

Old Town, ME $82,307 Orono, ME $82,330 Orient, ME $81,689 Orland, ME $82,325 Orrington, ME $82,334 Passadumkeag, ME $82,203 Penobscot, ME $82,326 Rockwood, ME $81,999

Sangerville, ME $82,406 Sebec, ME $82,275 Shirley Mills, ME $82,298 Springfield, ME $81,804 Stetson, ME $82,355 Stillwater, ME $82,332 Topsfield, ME $81,702 Vanceboro, ME $81,773

Waite, ME $81,815 West Enfield, ME $82,184 Winn, ME $81,856 Winterport, ME $82,343 Wytopitlock, ME $81,567 Bath, ME $84,847 Alna, ME $83,495 Boothbay, ME $84,063

Boothbay Harbor, ME $84,253 Bristol, ME $83,555 Chamberlain, ME $83,697 Damariscotta, ME $83,502 East Boothbay, ME $84,124 Friendship, ME $83,018 Georgetown, ME $84,739 Isle Of Springs, ME $84,065

Bremen, ME $83,323 Newcastle, ME $83,537 New Harbor, ME $83,830 Nobleboro, ME $83,205 Edgecomb, ME $83,820 Pemaquid, ME $83,748 Phippsburg, ME $85,080 Cushing, ME $82,747

Round Pond, ME $83,539 Sandy Point, ME $82,341 Searsmont, ME $82,537 Searsport, ME $82,355 Shawmut, ME $82,890 Skowhegan, ME $82,709 Smithfield, ME $82,753 Solon, ME $82,709

Stockton Springs, ME $82,341 Stratton, ME $82,640 Strong, ME $82,711 Temple, ME $82,680 West Forks, ME $82,202 Thorndike, ME $82,426 Troy, ME $82,402 Unity, ME $82,505

Vassalboro, ME $82,759 West Farmington, ME $82,999 Berwick, ME $87,966 Cape Neddick, ME $88,637 Eliot, ME $89,811 Kittery, ME $90,071 Kittery Point, ME $89,394 North Berwick, ME $87,288

Ogunquit, ME $88,081 South Berwick, ME $88,852 York, ME $89,360 York Beach, ME $88,932 York Harbor, ME $89,383 Acton, ME $84,797 Alfred, ME $85,999 Bailey Island, ME $85,647

Bar Mills, ME $85,861 Biddeford, ME $85,889 Biddeford Pool, ME $85,890 Bowdoinham, ME $84,211 Bridgton, ME $84,068 Brownfield, ME $83,994 Brunswick, ME $85,206 Bustins Island, ME $85,808

Cape Porpoise, ME $86,275 Casco, ME $85,068 Center Lovell, ME $83,447 Chebeague Island, ME $85,996 Cliff Island, ME $86,183 Cornish, ME $84,962 Cumberland Center, ME $86,085 Denmark, ME $83,981

East Baldwin, ME $85,178 Lebanon, ME $86,597 East Parsonsfield, ME $84,514 Sebago, ME $84,961 East Waterboro, ME $85,608 Freeport, ME $85,651 Fryeburg, ME $83,560 Gorham, ME $86,010

Gray, ME $85,486 Harrison, ME $83,607 Hiram, ME $84,698 Hollis Center, ME $85,715 Kennebunk, ME $86,339 Kennebunkport, ME $86,012 Parsonsfield, ME $84,511 Limerick, ME $85,295

Limington, ME $85,272 Long Island, ME $86,330 Lovell, ME $83,328 Moody, ME $87,400 Naples, ME $84,714 Newfield, ME $85,155 North Bridgton, ME $84,111 North Waterboro, ME $85,459

Windham, ME $85,924 Ocean Park, ME $85,956 Old Orchard Beach, ME $86,014 Orrs Island, ME $85,574 Porter, ME $84,227 Pownal, ME $85,518 Scarborough, ME $86,304 Raymond, ME $85,337

Saco, ME $85,962 Sanford, ME $86,399 Sebago Lake, ME $85,271 Shapleigh, ME $85,598 South Casco, ME $85,387 South Freeport, ME $85,608 Harpswell, ME $85,558 South Windham, ME $86,084

Springvale, ME $85,896 Standish, ME $85,628 Steep Falls, ME $85,444 Topsham, ME $84,914 Waterboro, ME $85,767 Waterford, ME $83,516 Wells, ME $87,230 West Baldwin, ME $85,027

Westbrook, ME $86,327 Buxton, ME $85,866 West Kennebunk, ME $86,294 West Newfield, ME $84,738 Yarmouth, ME $86,005 North Yarmouth, ME $85,826 Mars Hill, ME $81,903 Monticello, ME $81,738

New Limerick, ME $81,792 New Sweden, ME $81,902 Oakfield, ME $81,707 Oxbow, ME $81,374 Patten, ME $81,426 Perham, ME $81,845 Portage, ME $81,802 Presque Isle, ME $82,011

Saint Agatha, ME $81,970 Saint David, ME $81,953 Saint Francis, ME $81,843 Sheridan, ME $81,747 Sherman, ME $81,625 Stacyville, ME $81,523 Sinclair, ME $81,817 Smyrna Mills, ME $81,573

Wallagrass, ME $81,909 Stockholm, ME $81,829 Van Buren, ME $81,931 Washburn, ME $81,899 Westfield, ME $81,786 Rockland, ME $82,701 Camden, ME $82,693 Glen Cove, ME $82,666

Hope, ME $82,662 Islesboro, ME $82,450 Lincolnville, ME $82,518 Lincolnville Center, ME $82,521 Matinicus, ME $82,381 Monhegan, ME $83,261 North Haven, ME $82,438 Owls Head, ME $82,550

Port Clyde, ME $83,012 Rockport, ME $82,674 South Thomaston, ME $82,552 Spruce Head, ME $82,600 Tenants Harbor, ME $82,839 Thomaston, ME $82,611 Union, ME $82,658 Vinalhaven, ME $82,438

Warren, ME $82,571 West Rockport, ME $82,683 Waterville, ME $82,865 Albion, ME $82,734 Anson, ME $82,790 Athens, ME $82,560 Belfast, ME $82,519 Belgrade, ME $82,708

Belgrade Lakes, ME $82,623 Bingham, ME $82,552 Brooks, ME $82,383 Burnham, ME $82,465 Cambridge, ME $82,447 Canaan, ME $82,583 Caratunk, ME $82,396 China Village, ME $82,960

Clinton, ME $82,611 Corinna, ME $82,383 Detroit, ME $82,411 Dexter, ME $82,492 Dixmont, ME $82,372 East Newport, ME $82,380 East Vassalboro, ME $82,808 Eustis, ME $82,307

Fairfield, ME $82,751 Farmington, ME $82,818 Garland, ME $82,340 Farmington Falls, ME $82,952

Distribution Lineman Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Distribution Lineman roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 50% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Energy & Utilities and Business Services sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 30% above the average. In contrast, Distribution Lineman positions in Telecom or Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Distribution Lineman as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a Distribution Lineman

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Energy & Utilities	$108,956	$52.0	30%
Business Services	$100,575	$48.0	20%

Distribution Lineman Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Distribution Lineman'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

$73,937

Average $83,813/year

$90,667

$6,161

Average $6,984/month

$7,556

$1,422

Average $1,612/week

$1,744

$36

Average $40/hour

$44

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$90,667	$7,556	$1,744	$44
Average	$83,813	$6,984	$1,612	$40
25th Percentile	$73,937	$6,161	$1,422	$36

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