Application Programmer Salary in Maine

How much does an Application Programmer make in Maine?

As of March 01, 2026, the average salary for an Application Programmer in Maine is $91,292 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $44.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $104,726
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $81,697 to $98,324
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $72,961

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Application Programmer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$98,324	$8,194	$1,891	$47
Average	$91,292	$7,608	$1,756	$44
25th Percentile	$81,697	$6,808	$1,571	$39

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Key Factors That Influence Application Programmer Salaries

An Application Programmer'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 Application Programmer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Application Programmer'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): $70,392
Early Career (1-2 years): $91,958
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $118,298
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $138,608
Expert (over 8 years): $161,061

Levels	Salary
Applicati... Level Application Programmer	$70,392
Applicati... Level Application Programmer	$91,958
Applicati... Level Application Programmer	$118,298
Applicati... Level Application Programmer	$138,608
Applicati... Level Application Programmer	$161,061

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How Do Application Programmer 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 Application Programmers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $103,670.
California: $103,277.
Massachusetts: $101,900.

District of Columbia $103,670 California $103,277 Massachusetts $101,900 Washington $101,526 New Jersey $101,488 Alaska $101,357 Connecticut $100,065 New York $99,541

Hawaii $97,865 Rhode Island $97,078 Maryland $96,544 Minnesota $95,814 Colorado $95,533 Illinois $95,440 Oregon $95,084 Delaware $94,822

New Hampshire $94,657 Virginia $94,288 Pennsylvania $93,211 Nevada $92,668 North Dakota $92,490 Michigan $92,209 Wisconsin $92,106 Vermont $91,900

Texas $91,329 Maine $91,292 Arizona $91,236 Ohio $91,170 Georgia $90,309 Indiana $89,878 Wyoming $89,794 Utah $89,662

Iowa $89,606 Kansas $89,157 Louisiana $89,026 North Carolina $88,979 Missouri $88,960 Florida $88,595 Montana $88,398 Nebraska $88,211

Kentucky $88,108 South Carolina $87,734 Tennessee $87,500 Idaho $87,406 New Mexico $86,722 Oklahoma $86,573 Alabama $86,020 South Dakota $85,093

Arkansas $84,588 West Virginia $84,316 Mississippi $83,501

Top Paying Cities for Application Programmers

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: $88,754
Harmony: $88,754
Hartland: $88,754

Freedom, ME $88,754 Harmony, ME $88,754 Hartland, ME $88,754 Hinckley, ME $88,754 Jackman, ME $88,754 Kingfield, ME $88,754 Liberty, ME $88,754 Madison, ME $88,754

Monroe, ME $89,129 Morrill, ME $88,754 Newport, ME $88,942 New Portland, ME $88,754 New Sharon, ME $88,754 New Vineyard, ME $88,754 Norridgewock, ME $88,754 North Anson, ME $88,754

North Vassalboro, ME $88,754 Oakland, ME $88,754 Oquossoc, ME $91,030 Palmyra, ME $88,754 Phillips, ME $91,030 Pittsfield, ME $88,754 Plymouth, ME $89,007 Rangeley, ME $91,030

Portland, ME $94,250 Falmouth, ME $94,250 South Portland, ME $94,250 Cape Elizabeth, ME $94,250 Peaks Island, ME $94,250 Cumberland Foreside, ME $94,250 Auburn, ME $93,314 Andover, ME $93,314

Bethel, ME $93,314 Bryant Pond, ME $93,314 Buckfield, ME $93,314 Canton, ME $93,314 Durham, ME $93,689 Danville, ME $93,314 Dixfield, ME $93,314 Dryden, ME $93,314

East Andover, ME $93,314 East Dixfield, ME $93,314 East Livermore, ME $93,314 East Poland, ME $93,314 Stoneham, ME $93,314 East Wilton, ME $91,030 Greene, ME $93,314 Hanover, ME $93,314

Hebron, ME $93,314 Jay, ME $93,314 Lewiston, ME $93,314 Lisbon, ME $93,314 Lisbon Falls, ME $93,314 Livermore, ME $93,314 Livermore Falls, ME $93,314 Greenwood, ME $93,314

Mechanic Falls, ME $93,314 Mexico, ME $93,314 Minot, ME $93,314 Monmouth, ME $93,314 New Gloucester, ME $93,567 Newry, ME $93,314 North Jay, ME $93,314 Leeds, ME $93,314

North Monmouth, ME $93,314 North Turner, ME $93,314 North Waterford, ME $93,314 Norway, ME $93,314 Oxford, ME $93,314 Paris, ME $93,314 Poland, ME $93,314 Roxbury, ME $93,314

Rumford, ME $93,314 Sabattus, ME $93,314 South Paris, ME $93,314 Turner, ME $93,314 Wayne, ME $93,314 Weld, ME $93,314 West Bethel, ME $93,314 Bowdoin, ME $93,314

West Minot, ME $93,314 West Paris, ME $93,314 Peru, ME $93,314 West Poland, ME $93,314 Sumner, ME $93,314 Wilton, ME $93,314 Augusta, ME $91,030 Coopers Mills, ME $91,030

Dresden, ME $93,314 East Winthrop, ME $93,314 Farmingdale, ME $93,314 Gardiner, ME $93,314 Randolph, ME $93,314 Hallowell, ME $93,314 Jefferson, ME $91,030 Kents Hill, ME $93,314

Litchfield, ME $93,314 Manchester, ME $93,314 Mount Vernon, ME $91,030 Whitefield, ME $93,314 Palermo, ME $88,754 Sebasco Estates, ME $93,501 Readfield, ME $93,314 Saint Albans, ME $88,754

South Bristol, ME $93,314 Squirrel Island, ME $93,314 Trevett, ME $93,314 Waldoboro, ME $93,314 Walpole, ME $93,314 Washington, ME $88,754 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $93,314 Southport, ME $93,314

Wiscasset, ME $93,314 Woolwich, ME $93,314 Ellsworth, ME $88,820 Addison, ME $88,754 Gouldsboro, ME $88,754 Bar Harbor, ME $88,754 Beals, ME $88,754 Bernard, ME $88,754

Birch Harbor, ME $88,754 Blue Hill, ME $88,754 Brooklin, ME $88,754 Brooksville, ME $88,754 Calais, ME $88,754 Cherryfield, ME $88,754 Columbia Falls, ME $88,754 Corea, ME $88,754

Cranberry Isles, ME $88,754 Cutler, ME $88,754 Deer Isle, ME $88,754 Dennysville, ME $88,754 East Blue Hill, ME $88,754 East Machias, ME $88,754 Eastport, ME $88,754 Franklin, ME $88,754

Frenchboro, ME $88,754 Grand Lake Stream, ME $88,754 Hancock, ME $88,754 Harborside, ME $88,754 Harrington, ME $88,754 Hulls Cove, ME $88,754 Isle Au Haut, ME $88,754 Islesford, ME $88,754

Jonesboro, ME $88,754 Jonesport, ME $88,754 Little Deer Isle, ME $88,754 Lubec, ME $88,754 Bass Harbor, ME $88,754 Machias, ME $88,754 Machiasport, ME $88,754 Meddybemps, ME $88,754

Milbridge, ME $88,754 Mount Desert, ME $88,754 Northeast Harbor, ME $88,754 Sullivan, ME $88,754 Pembroke, ME $88,754 Perry, ME $88,754 Princeton, ME $88,754 Prospect Harbor, ME $88,754

Robbinston, ME $88,754 Salsbury Cove, ME $88,754 Sargentville, ME $88,754 Seal Cove, ME $88,754 Seal Harbor, ME $88,754 Sedgwick, ME $88,754 Sorrento, ME $88,754 Southwest Harbor, ME $88,754

Steuben, ME $88,754 Stonington, ME $88,754 Sunset, ME $88,754 Surry, ME $88,754 Swans Island, ME $88,754 Wesley, ME $88,754 Whiting, ME $88,754 Winter Harbor, ME $88,754

Baileyville, ME $88,754 Houlton, ME $88,754 Ashland, ME $88,754 Benedicta, ME $88,754 Blaine, ME $88,754 Bridgewater, ME $88,754 Caribou, ME $88,754 Clayton Lake, ME $88,754

Crouseville, ME $88,754 Eagle Lake, ME $88,754 Easton, ME $88,754 Estcourt Station, ME $88,754 Fort Fairfield, ME $88,754 Fort Kent, ME $88,754 Fort Kent Mills, ME $88,754 Frenchville, ME $88,754

Grand Isle, ME $88,754 Island Falls, ME $88,754 Limestone, ME $88,754 Madawaska, ME $88,754 Mapleton, ME $88,754 Richmond, ME $93,314 South China, ME $88,754 South Gardiner, ME $93,314

Vienna, ME $91,030 Windsor, ME $91,030 Winthrop, ME $93,314 Bangor, ME $89,691 Abbot, ME $88,754 Aurora, ME $88,820 Bradford, ME $89,316 Bradley, ME $89,691

Brewer, ME $89,691 Brookton, ME $88,754 Brownville, ME $88,754 Brownville Junction, ME $88,754 Bucksport, ME $89,250 Burlington, ME $88,754 Greenbush, ME $89,129 Carmel, ME $89,503

Castine, ME $88,754 Charleston, ME $89,063 Danforth, ME $88,754 Dover Foxcroft, ME $88,754 Corinth, ME $89,503 Eddington, ME $89,691 Holden, ME $89,691 East Millinocket, ME $88,754

East Orland, ME $89,063 Etna, ME $89,382 Exeter, ME $89,194 Frankfort, ME $89,194 Greenville, ME $88,754 Greenville Junction, ME $88,754 Guilford, ME $88,754 Hampden, ME $89,691

Howland, ME $88,754 Hudson, ME $89,625 Kenduskeag, ME $89,691 Kingman, ME $88,754 Lagrange, ME $88,942 Lambert Lake, ME $88,754 Lee, ME $88,754 Levant, ME $89,691

Lincoln, ME $88,754 Mattawamkeag, ME $88,754 Medway, ME $88,754 Milford, ME $89,691 Millinocket, ME $88,754 Milo, ME $88,754 Monson, ME $88,754 Olamon, ME $89,007

Old Town, ME $89,691 Orono, ME $89,691 Orient, ME $88,754 Orland, ME $89,063 Orrington, ME $89,691 Passadumkeag, ME $88,754 Penobscot, ME $88,754 Rockwood, ME $88,754

Sangerville, ME $88,754 Sebec, ME $88,754 Shirley Mills, ME $88,754 Springfield, ME $88,754 Stetson, ME $89,250 Stillwater, ME $89,569 Topsfield, ME $88,754 Vanceboro, ME $88,754

Waite, ME $88,754 West Enfield, ME $88,754 Winn, ME $88,754 Winterport, ME $89,438 Wytopitlock, ME $88,754 Bath, ME $93,314 Alna, ME $93,314 Boothbay, ME $93,314

Boothbay Harbor, ME $93,314 Bristol, ME $93,314 Chamberlain, ME $93,314 Damariscotta, ME $93,314 East Boothbay, ME $93,314 Friendship, ME $93,314 Georgetown, ME $93,314 Isle Of Springs, ME $93,314

Bremen, ME $93,314 Newcastle, ME $93,314 New Harbor, ME $93,314 Nobleboro, ME $93,314 Edgecomb, ME $93,314 Pemaquid, ME $93,314 Phippsburg, ME $93,314 Cushing, ME $93,314

Round Pond, ME $93,314 Sandy Point, ME $88,876 Searsmont, ME $88,754 Searsport, ME $88,754 Shawmut, ME $88,754 Skowhegan, ME $88,754 Smithfield, ME $88,754 Solon, ME $88,754

Stockton Springs, ME $88,754 Stratton, ME $88,754 Strong, ME $88,754 Temple, ME $91,030 West Forks, ME $88,754 Thorndike, ME $88,754 Troy, ME $88,754 Unity, ME $88,754

Vassalboro, ME $88,754 West Farmington, ME $91,030 Berwick, ME $98,408 Cape Neddick, ME $98,539 Eliot, ME $98,623 Kittery, ME $98,623 Kittery Point, ME $98,623 North Berwick, ME $98,314

Ogunquit, ME $98,361 South Berwick, ME $98,539 York, ME $98,623 York Beach, ME $98,623 York Harbor, ME $98,623 Acton, ME $94,541 Alfred, ME $94,962 Bailey Island, ME $93,998

Bar Mills, ME $93,998 Biddeford, ME $93,810 Biddeford Pool, ME $93,876 Bowdoinham, ME $93,314 Bridgton, ME $93,314 Brownfield, ME $93,314 Brunswick, ME $93,436 Bustins Island, ME $94,063

Cape Porpoise, ME $95,468 Casco, ME $93,314 Center Lovell, ME $93,314 Chebeague Island, ME $94,250 Cliff Island, ME $94,250 Cornish, ME $93,314 Cumberland Center, ME $94,250 Denmark, ME $93,314

East Baldwin, ME $93,314 Lebanon, ME $95,131 East Parsonsfield, ME $93,707 Sebago, ME $93,314 East Waterboro, ME $94,691 Freeport, ME $93,941 Fryeburg, ME $93,314 Gorham, ME $94,250

Gray, ME $93,876 Harrison, ME $93,314 Hiram, ME $93,314 Hollis Center, ME $93,754 Kennebunk, ME $95,627 Kennebunkport, ME $95,580 Parsonsfield, ME $93,707 Limerick, ME $94,147

Limington, ME $93,895 Long Island, ME $94,250 Lovell, ME $93,314 Moody, ME $98,230 Naples, ME $93,314 Newfield, ME $94,297 North Bridgton, ME $93,314 North Waterboro, ME $94,494

Windham, ME $94,185 Ocean Park, ME $94,129 Old Orchard Beach, ME $94,185 Orrs Island, ME $93,810 Porter, ME $93,118 Pownal, ME $93,876 Scarborough, ME $94,250 Raymond, ME $93,623

Saco, ME $94,063 Sanford, ME $95,018 Sebago Lake, ME $93,436 Shapleigh, ME $94,578 South Casco, ME $93,689 South Freeport, ME $93,876 Harpswell, ME $93,810 South Windham, ME $94,250

Springvale, ME $94,915 Standish, ME $93,941 Steep Falls, ME $93,623 Topsham, ME $93,314 Waterboro, ME $94,822 Waterford, ME $93,314 Wells, ME $95,861 West Baldwin, ME $93,314

Westbrook, ME $94,250 Buxton, ME $93,810 West Kennebunk, ME $95,290 West Newfield, ME $94,082 Yarmouth, ME $94,250 North Yarmouth, ME $94,063 Mars Hill, ME $88,754 Monticello, ME $88,754

New Limerick, ME $88,754 New Sweden, ME $88,754 Oakfield, ME $88,754 Oxbow, ME $88,754 Patten, ME $88,754 Perham, ME $88,754 Portage, ME $88,754 Presque Isle, ME $88,754

Saint Agatha, ME $88,754 Saint David, ME $88,754 Saint Francis, ME $88,754 Sheridan, ME $88,754 Sherman, ME $88,754 Stacyville, ME $88,754 Sinclair, ME $88,754 Smyrna Mills, ME $88,754

Wallagrass, ME $88,754 Stockholm, ME $88,754 Van Buren, ME $88,754 Washburn, ME $88,754 Westfield, ME $88,754 Rockland, ME $88,754 Camden, ME $88,754 Glen Cove, ME $88,754

Hope, ME $88,754 Islesboro, ME $88,754 Lincolnville, ME $88,754 Lincolnville Center, ME $88,754 Matinicus, ME $91,030 Monhegan, ME $93,314 North Haven, ME $88,754 Owls Head, ME $88,754

Port Clyde, ME $93,314 Rockport, ME $88,754 South Thomaston, ME $88,754 Spruce Head, ME $91,030 Tenants Harbor, ME $93,314 Thomaston, ME $91,030 Union, ME $88,754 Vinalhaven, ME $88,754

Warren, ME $91,030 West Rockport, ME $88,754 Waterville, ME $88,754 Albion, ME $88,754 Anson, ME $88,754 Athens, ME $88,754 Belfast, ME $88,754 Belgrade, ME $91,030

Belgrade Lakes, ME $88,754 Bingham, ME $88,754 Brooks, ME $88,754 Burnham, ME $88,754 Cambridge, ME $88,754 Canaan, ME $88,754 Caratunk, ME $88,754 China Village, ME $88,754

Clinton, ME $88,754 Corinna, ME $88,876 Detroit, ME $88,820 Dexter, ME $88,754 Dixmont, ME $89,007 East Newport, ME $89,063 East Vassalboro, ME $88,754 Eustis, ME $88,754

Fairfield, ME $88,754 Farmington, ME $91,030 Garland, ME $89,007 Farmington Falls, ME $91,030

Application Programmer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Application Programmer'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 March 01, 2026

$81,697

Average $91,292/year

$98,324

$6,808

Average $7,608/month

$8,194

$1,571

Average $1,756/week

$1,891

$39

Average $44/hour

$47

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$98,324	$8,194	$1,891	$47
Average	$91,292	$7,608	$1,756	$44
25th Percentile	$81,697	$6,808	$1,571	$39

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