Application Programmer Salary in Maine

How much does an Application Programmer make in Maine?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for an Application Programmer in Maine is $91,279 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): $104,792
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $81,734 to $98,352
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $73,043

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Application Programmer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$98,352	$8,196	$1,891	$47
Average	$91,279	$7,607	$1,755	$44
25th Percentile	$81,734	$6,811	$1,572	$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): $70,391
Early Career (1-2 years): $91,942
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $118,293
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $138,617
Expert (over 8 years): $161,084

Levels	Salary
Applicati... Level Application Programmer	$70,391
Applicati... Level Application Programmer	$91,942
Applicati... Level Application Programmer	$118,293
Applicati... Level Application Programmer	$138,617
Applicati... Level Application Programmer	$161,084

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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: $103,655.
California: $103,262.
Massachusetts: $101,886.

District of Columbia $103,655 California $103,262 Massachusetts $101,886 Washington $101,511 New Jersey $101,474 Alaska $101,343 Connecticut $100,051 New York $99,527

Hawaii $97,851 Rhode Island $97,064 Maryland $96,531 Minnesota $95,801 Colorado $95,520 Illinois $95,426 Oregon $95,070 Delaware $94,808

New Hampshire $94,643 Virginia $94,275 Pennsylvania $93,198 Nevada $92,655 North Dakota $92,477 Michigan $92,196 Wisconsin $92,093 Vermont $91,887

Texas $91,316 Maine $91,279 Arizona $91,223 Ohio $91,157 Georgia $90,296 Indiana $89,865 Wyoming $89,781 Utah $89,650

Iowa $89,594 Kansas $89,144 Louisiana $89,013 North Carolina $88,966 Missouri $88,948 Florida $88,583 Montana $88,386 Nebraska $88,199

Kentucky $88,096 South Carolina $87,721 Tennessee $87,487 Idaho $87,394 New Mexico $86,710 Oklahoma $86,560 Alabama $86,008 South Dakota $85,081

Arkansas $84,576 West Virginia $84,304 Mississippi $83,490

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: $89,833
Harmony: $89,794
Hartland: $89,911

Freedom, ME $89,833 Harmony, ME $89,794 Hartland, ME $89,911 Hinckley, ME $89,996 Jackman, ME $89,561 Kingfield, ME $90,071 Liberty, ME $89,998 Madison, ME $90,191

Monroe, ME $89,703 Morrill, ME $89,859 Newport, ME $89,715 New Portland, ME $90,211 New Sharon, ME $90,101 New Vineyard, ME $90,156 Norridgewock, ME $90,158 North Anson, ME $90,212

North Vassalboro, ME $90,374 Oakland, ME $90,188 Oquossoc, ME $89,887 Palmyra, ME $89,772 Phillips, ME $89,923 Pittsfield, ME $89,919 Plymouth, ME $89,727 Rangeley, ME $89,945

Portland, ME $94,237 Falmouth, ME $94,024 South Portland, ME $94,237 Cape Elizabeth, ME $94,050 Peaks Island, ME $94,141 Cumberland Foreside, ME $93,931 Auburn, ME $92,243 Andover, ME $89,919

Bethel, ME $90,071 Bryant Pond, ME $90,406 Buckfield, ME $90,810 Canton, ME $90,241 Durham, ME $92,826 Danville, ME $92,521 Dixfield, ME $90,053 Dryden, ME $90,157

East Andover, ME $89,947 East Dixfield, ME $90,199 East Livermore, ME $90,732 East Poland, ME $92,353 Stoneham, ME $90,447 East Wilton, ME $90,368 Greene, ME $91,536 Hanover, ME $89,994

Hebron, ME $91,453 Jay, ME $90,218 Lewiston, ME $92,193 Lisbon, ME $92,486 Lisbon Falls, ME $92,343 Livermore, ME $90,583 Livermore Falls, ME $90,524 Greenwood, ME $90,526

Mechanic Falls, ME $92,077 Mexico, ME $90,141 Minot, ME $91,735 Monmouth, ME $91,245 New Gloucester, ME $92,888 Newry, ME $89,827 North Jay, ME $90,174 Leeds, ME $91,024

North Monmouth, ME $91,111 North Turner, ME $90,961 North Waterford, ME $90,867 Norway, ME $91,158 Oxford, ME $91,647 Paris, ME $91,339 Poland, ME $92,368 Roxbury, ME $89,858

Rumford, ME $90,089 Sabattus, ME $91,790 South Paris, ME $91,213 Turner, ME $91,216 Wayne, ME $90,801 Weld, ME $89,924 West Bethel, ME $89,999 Bowdoin, ME $91,778

West Minot, ME $91,603 West Paris, ME $90,850 Peru, ME $90,276 West Poland, ME $92,297 Sumner, ME $90,561 Wilton, ME $90,161 Augusta, ME $90,413 Coopers Mills, ME $90,535

Dresden, ME $91,280 East Winthrop, ME $90,694 Farmingdale, ME $90,944 Gardiner, ME $91,108 Randolph, ME $90,944 Hallowell, ME $90,829 Jefferson, ME $90,225 Kents Hill, ME $90,410

Litchfield, ME $91,378 Manchester, ME $90,588 Mount Vernon, ME $90,192 Whitefield, ME $90,587 Palermo, ME $90,075 Sebasco Estates, ME $92,737 Readfield, ME $90,563 Saint Albans, ME $89,842

South Bristol, ME $91,346 Squirrel Island, ME $91,650 Trevett, ME $91,714 Waldoboro, ME $90,207 Walpole, ME $91,200 Washington, ME $89,981 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $91,812 Southport, ME $92,017

Wiscasset, ME $91,552 Woolwich, ME $91,769 Ellsworth, ME $89,615 Addison, ME $89,506 Gouldsboro, ME $89,585 Bar Harbor, ME $89,755 Beals, ME $89,606 Bernard, ME $89,786

Birch Harbor, ME $89,671 Blue Hill, ME $89,711 Brooklin, ME $89,713 Brooksville, ME $89,711 Calais, ME $89,473 Cherryfield, ME $89,371 Columbia Falls, ME $89,366 Corea, ME $89,590

Cranberry Isles, ME $89,610 Cutler, ME $89,373 Deer Isle, ME $89,795 Dennysville, ME $89,288 East Blue Hill, ME $89,714 East Machias, ME $89,373 Eastport, ME $89,638 Franklin, ME $89,596

Frenchboro, ME $89,560 Grand Lake Stream, ME $89,234 Hancock, ME $89,728 Harborside, ME $89,695 Harrington, ME $89,566 Hulls Cove, ME $89,757 Isle Au Haut, ME $89,560 Islesford, ME $89,746

Jonesboro, ME $89,446 Jonesport, ME $89,527 Little Deer Isle, ME $89,784 Lubec, ME $89,417 Bass Harbor, ME $89,787 Machias, ME $89,463 Machiasport, ME $89,506 Meddybemps, ME $89,233

Milbridge, ME $89,601 Mount Desert, ME $89,687 Northeast Harbor, ME $89,746 Sullivan, ME $89,608 Pembroke, ME $89,372 Perry, ME $89,453 Princeton, ME $89,229 Prospect Harbor, ME $89,681

Robbinston, ME $89,353 Salsbury Cove, ME $89,767 Sargentville, ME $89,737 Seal Cove, ME $89,691 Seal Harbor, ME $89,721 Sedgwick, ME $89,727 Sorrento, ME $89,691 Southwest Harbor, ME $89,770

Steuben, ME $89,552 Stonington, ME $89,803 Sunset, ME $89,493 Surry, ME $89,710 Swans Island, ME $89,629 Wesley, ME $89,117 Whiting, ME $89,347 Winter Harbor, ME $89,603

Baileyville, ME $89,320 Houlton, ME $89,134 Ashland, ME $89,005 Benedicta, ME $88,808 Blaine, ME $89,112 Bridgewater, ME $88,901 Caribou, ME $89,295 Clayton Lake, ME $89,133

Crouseville, ME $89,191 Eagle Lake, ME $89,105 Easton, ME $89,204 Estcourt Station, ME $89,170 Fort Fairfield, ME $89,250 Fort Kent, ME $89,289 Fort Kent Mills, ME $89,214 Frenchville, ME $89,315

Grand Isle, ME $89,192 Island Falls, ME $88,818 Limestone, ME $89,225 Madawaska, ME $89,464 Mapleton, ME $89,084 Richmond, ME $91,429 South China, ME $90,166 South Gardiner, ME $91,219

Vienna, ME $90,029 Windsor, ME $90,115 Winthrop, ME $90,949 Bangor, ME $89,678 Abbot, ME $89,694 Aurora, ME $89,206 Bradford, ME $89,637 Bradley, ME $89,640

Brewer, ME $89,673 Brookton, ME $88,905 Brownville, ME $89,379 Brownville Junction, ME $89,931 Bucksport, ME $89,667 Burlington, ME $89,347 Greenbush, ME $89,552 Carmel, ME $89,681

Castine, ME $89,867 Charleston, ME $89,654 Danforth, ME $89,053 Dover Foxcroft, ME $89,705 Corinth, ME $89,670 Eddington, ME $89,649 Holden, ME $89,656 East Millinocket, ME $89,282

East Orland, ME $89,657 Etna, ME $89,700 Exeter, ME $89,685 Frankfort, ME $89,683 Greenville, ME $89,166 Greenville Junction, ME $89,458 Guilford, ME $89,670 Hampden, ME $89,679

Howland, ME $89,465 Hudson, ME $89,663 Kenduskeag, ME $89,672 Kingman, ME $88,959 Lagrange, ME $89,570 Lambert Lake, ME $89,064 Lee, ME $89,326 Levant, ME $89,677

Lincoln, ME $89,319 Mattawamkeag, ME $89,028 Medway, ME $89,052 Milford, ME $89,626 Millinocket, ME $88,918 Milo, ME $89,548 Monson, ME $89,684 Olamon, ME $89,578

Old Town, ME $89,640 Orono, ME $89,664 Orient, ME $88,966 Orland, ME $89,658 Orrington, ME $89,669 Passadumkeag, ME $89,526 Penobscot, ME $89,660 Rockwood, ME $89,303

Sangerville, ME $89,747 Sebec, ME $89,604 Shirley Mills, ME $89,629 Springfield, ME $89,092 Stetson, ME $89,691 Stillwater, ME $89,667 Topsfield, ME $88,980 Vanceboro, ME $89,057

Waite, ME $89,103 West Enfield, ME $89,505 Winn, ME $89,148 Winterport, ME $89,679 Wytopitlock, ME $88,833 Bath, ME $92,405 Alna, ME $90,933 Boothbay, ME $91,551

Boothbay Harbor, ME $91,758 Bristol, ME $90,998 Chamberlain, ME $91,153 Damariscotta, ME $90,941 East Boothbay, ME $91,618 Friendship, ME $90,414 Georgetown, ME $92,288 Isle Of Springs, ME $91,554

Bremen, ME $90,746 Newcastle, ME $90,978 New Harbor, ME $91,298 Nobleboro, ME $90,617 Edgecomb, ME $91,287 Pemaquid, ME $91,209 Phippsburg, ME $92,660 Cushing, ME $90,118

Round Pond, ME $90,981 Sandy Point, ME $89,676 Searsmont, ME $89,890 Searsport, ME $89,691 Shawmut, ME $90,274 Skowhegan, ME $90,077 Smithfield, ME $90,124 Solon, ME $90,077

Stockton Springs, ME $89,676 Stratton, ME $90,002 Strong, ME $90,080 Temple, ME $90,045 West Forks, ME $89,525 Thorndike, ME $89,769 Troy, ME $89,743 Unity, ME $89,855

Vassalboro, ME $90,131 West Farmington, ME $90,393 Berwick, ME $95,803 Cape Neddick, ME $96,533 Eliot, ME $97,812 Kittery, ME $98,095 Kittery Point, ME $97,358 North Berwick, ME $95,064

Ogunquit, ME $95,927 South Berwick, ME $96,768 York, ME $97,320 York Beach, ME $96,854 York Harbor, ME $97,345 Acton, ME $92,351 Alfred, ME $93,660 Bailey Island, ME $93,277

Bar Mills, ME $93,510 Biddeford, ME $93,541 Biddeford Pool, ME $93,542 Bowdoinham, ME $91,713 Bridgton, ME $91,557 Brownfield, ME $91,476 Brunswick, ME $92,796 Bustins Island, ME $93,452

Cape Porpoise, ME $93,960 Casco, ME $92,646 Center Lovell, ME $90,881 Chebeague Island, ME $93,657 Cliff Island, ME $93,861 Cornish, ME $92,531 Cumberland Center, ME $93,754 Denmark, ME $91,462

East Baldwin, ME $92,766 Lebanon, ME $94,311 East Parsonsfield, ME $92,043 Sebago, ME $92,530 East Waterboro, ME $93,235 Freeport, ME $93,281 Fryeburg, ME $91,004 Gorham, ME $93,672

Gray, ME $93,102 Harrison, ME $91,055 Hiram, ME $92,243 Hollis Center, ME $93,351 Kennebunk, ME $94,030 Kennebunkport, ME $93,675 Parsonsfield, ME $92,040 Limerick, ME $92,893

Limington, ME $92,868 Long Island, ME $94,020 Lovell, ME $90,751 Moody, ME $95,186 Naples, ME $92,261 Newfield, ME $92,741 North Bridgton, ME $91,604 North Waterboro, ME $93,072

Windham, ME $93,578 Ocean Park, ME $93,614 Old Orchard Beach, ME $93,676 Orrs Island, ME $93,197 Porter, ME $91,730 Pownal, ME $93,136 Scarborough, ME $93,992 Raymond, ME $92,939

Saco, ME $93,619 Sanford, ME $94,096 Sebago Lake, ME $92,868 Shapleigh, ME $93,223 South Casco, ME $92,993 South Freeport, ME $93,235 Harpswell, ME $93,179 South Windham, ME $93,752

Springvale, ME $93,548 Standish, ME $93,256 Steep Falls, ME $93,056 Topsham, ME $92,478 Waterboro, ME $93,408 Waterford, ME $90,956 Wells, ME $95,001 West Baldwin, ME $92,602

Westbrook, ME $94,017 Buxton, ME $93,515 West Kennebunk, ME $93,982 West Newfield, ME $92,286 Yarmouth, ME $93,667 North Yarmouth, ME $93,471 Mars Hill, ME $89,200 Monticello, ME $89,020

New Limerick, ME $89,078 New Sweden, ME $89,198 Oakfield, ME $88,985 Oxbow, ME $88,623 Patten, ME $88,680 Perham, ME $89,136 Portage, ME $89,089 Presque Isle, ME $89,317

Saint Agatha, ME $89,273 Saint David, ME $89,254 Saint Francis, ME $89,134 Sheridan, ME $89,029 Sherman, ME $88,896 Stacyville, ME $88,786 Sinclair, ME $89,106 Smyrna Mills, ME $88,840

Wallagrass, ME $89,205 Stockholm, ME $89,119 Van Buren, ME $89,229 Washburn, ME $89,195 Westfield, ME $89,072 Rockland, ME $90,068 Camden, ME $90,060 Glen Cove, ME $90,030

Hope, ME $90,026 Islesboro, ME $89,795 Lincolnville, ME $89,869 Lincolnville Center, ME $89,872 Matinicus, ME $89,720 Monhegan, ME $90,678 North Haven, ME $89,782 Owls Head, ME $89,904

Port Clyde, ME $90,407 Rockport, ME $90,038 South Thomaston, ME $89,905 Spruce Head, ME $89,958 Tenants Harbor, ME $90,219 Thomaston, ME $89,970 Union, ME $90,022 Vinalhaven, ME $89,782

Warren, ME $89,927 West Rockport, ME $90,049 Waterville, ME $90,247 Albion, ME $90,104 Anson, ME $90,166 Athens, ME $89,915 Belfast, ME $89,870 Belgrade, ME $90,076

Belgrade Lakes, ME $89,983 Bingham, ME $89,906 Brooks, ME $89,722 Burnham, ME $89,811 Cambridge, ME $89,791 Canaan, ME $89,940 Caratunk, ME $89,736 China Village, ME $90,350

Clinton, ME $89,970 Corinna, ME $89,722 Detroit, ME $89,752 Dexter, ME $89,841 Dixmont, ME $89,710 East Newport, ME $89,719 East Vassalboro, ME $90,184 Eustis, ME $89,639

Fairfield, ME $90,123 Farmington, ME $90,196 Garland, ME $89,675 Farmington Falls, ME $90,342

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 May 01, 2026

$81,734

Average $91,279/year

$98,352

$6,811

Average $7,607/month

$8,196

$1,572

Average $1,755/week

$1,891

$39

Average $44/hour

$47

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$98,352	$8,196	$1,891	$47
Average	$91,279	$7,607	$1,755	$44
25th Percentile	$81,734	$6,811	$1,572	$39

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