Quality Associate Salary in Maine

How much does a Quality Associate make in Maine?

As of April 01, 2026, the average salary for a Quality Associate in Maine is $99,642 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $48.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $114,467
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $89,348 to $107,402
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $79,976

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Quality Associate Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$107,402	$8,950	$2,065	$52
Average	$99,642	$8,304	$1,916	$48
25th Percentile	$89,348	$7,446	$1,718	$43

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Key Factors That Influence Quality Associate Salaries

A Quality Associate'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 Quality Associate Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Quality Associate'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): $68,210
Early Career (1-2 years): $82,912
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $100,357
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $125,216
Expert (over 8 years): $151,502

Levels	Salary
Quality A... Level Quality Associate	$68,210
Quality A... Level Quality Associate	$82,912
Quality A... Level Quality Associate	$100,357
Quality A... Level Quality Associate	$125,216
Quality A... Level Quality Associate	$151,502

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How Do Quality Associate 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 Quality Associates. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $113,153.
California: $112,723.
Massachusetts: $111,221.

District of Columbia $113,153 California $112,723 Massachusetts $111,221 Washington $110,812 New Jersey $110,771 Alaska $110,628 Connecticut $109,218 New York $108,646

Hawaii $106,816 Rhode Island $105,958 Maryland $105,375 Minnesota $104,578 Colorado $104,272 Illinois $104,169 Oregon $103,781 Delaware $103,495

New Hampshire $103,315 Virginia $102,912 Pennsylvania $101,737 Nevada $101,144 North Dakota $100,950 Michigan $100,644 Wisconsin $100,531 Vermont $100,306

Texas $99,683 Maine $99,642 Arizona $99,581 Ohio $99,509 Georgia $98,569 Indiana $98,099 Wyoming $98,007 Utah $97,864

Iowa $97,803 Kansas $97,312 Louisiana $97,169 North Carolina $97,118 Missouri $97,097 Florida $96,699 Montana $96,484 Nebraska $96,280

Kentucky $96,167 South Carolina $95,759 Tennessee $95,503 Idaho $95,401 New Mexico $94,655 Oklahoma $94,491 Alabama $93,888 South Dakota $92,877

Arkansas $92,325 West Virginia $92,028 Mississippi $91,139

Top Paying Cities for Quality Associates

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: $96,873
Harmony: $96,873
Hartland: $96,873

Freedom, ME $96,873 Harmony, ME $96,873 Hartland, ME $96,873 Hinckley, ME $96,873 Jackman, ME $96,873 Kingfield, ME $96,873 Liberty, ME $96,873 Madison, ME $96,873

Monroe, ME $97,281 Morrill, ME $96,873 Newport, ME $97,077 New Portland, ME $96,873 New Sharon, ME $96,873 New Vineyard, ME $96,873 Norridgewock, ME $96,873 North Anson, ME $96,873

North Vassalboro, ME $96,873 Oakland, ME $96,873 Oquossoc, ME $99,356 Palmyra, ME $96,873 Phillips, ME $99,356 Pittsfield, ME $96,873 Plymouth, ME $97,148 Rangeley, ME $99,356

Portland, ME $102,872 Falmouth, ME $102,872 South Portland, ME $102,872 Cape Elizabeth, ME $102,872 Peaks Island, ME $102,872 Cumberland Foreside, ME $102,872 Auburn, ME $101,850 Andover, ME $101,850

Bethel, ME $101,850 Bryant Pond, ME $101,850 Buckfield, ME $101,850 Canton, ME $101,850 Durham, ME $102,258 Danville, ME $101,850 Dixfield, ME $101,850 Dryden, ME $101,850

East Andover, ME $101,850 East Dixfield, ME $101,850 East Livermore, ME $101,850 East Poland, ME $101,850 Stoneham, ME $101,850 East Wilton, ME $99,356 Greene, ME $101,850 Hanover, ME $101,850

Hebron, ME $101,850 Jay, ME $101,850 Lewiston, ME $101,850 Lisbon, ME $101,850 Lisbon Falls, ME $101,850 Livermore, ME $101,850 Livermore Falls, ME $101,850 Greenwood, ME $101,850

Mechanic Falls, ME $101,850 Mexico, ME $101,850 Minot, ME $101,850 Monmouth, ME $101,850 New Gloucester, ME $102,125 Newry, ME $101,850 North Jay, ME $101,850 Leeds, ME $101,850

North Monmouth, ME $101,850 North Turner, ME $101,850 North Waterford, ME $101,850 Norway, ME $101,850 Oxford, ME $101,850 Paris, ME $101,850 Poland, ME $101,850 Roxbury, ME $101,850

Rumford, ME $101,850 Sabattus, ME $101,850 South Paris, ME $101,850 Turner, ME $101,850 Wayne, ME $101,850 Weld, ME $101,850 West Bethel, ME $101,850 Bowdoin, ME $101,850

West Minot, ME $101,850 West Paris, ME $101,850 Peru, ME $101,850 West Poland, ME $101,850 Sumner, ME $101,850 Wilton, ME $101,850 Augusta, ME $99,356 Coopers Mills, ME $99,356

Dresden, ME $101,850 East Winthrop, ME $101,850 Farmingdale, ME $101,850 Gardiner, ME $101,850 Randolph, ME $101,850 Hallowell, ME $101,850 Jefferson, ME $99,356 Kents Hill, ME $101,850

Litchfield, ME $101,850 Manchester, ME $101,850 Mount Vernon, ME $99,356 Whitefield, ME $101,850 Palermo, ME $96,873 Sebasco Estates, ME $102,054 Readfield, ME $101,850 Saint Albans, ME $96,873

South Bristol, ME $101,850 Squirrel Island, ME $101,850 Trevett, ME $101,850 Waldoboro, ME $101,850 Walpole, ME $101,850 Washington, ME $96,873 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $101,850 Southport, ME $101,850

Wiscasset, ME $101,850 Woolwich, ME $101,850 Ellsworth, ME $96,944 Addison, ME $96,873 Gouldsboro, ME $96,873 Bar Harbor, ME $96,873 Beals, ME $96,873 Bernard, ME $96,873

Birch Harbor, ME $96,873 Blue Hill, ME $96,873 Brooklin, ME $96,873 Brooksville, ME $96,873 Calais, ME $96,873 Cherryfield, ME $96,873 Columbia Falls, ME $96,873 Corea, ME $96,873

Cranberry Isles, ME $96,873 Cutler, ME $96,873 Deer Isle, ME $96,873 Dennysville, ME $96,873 East Blue Hill, ME $96,873 East Machias, ME $96,873 Eastport, ME $96,873 Franklin, ME $96,873

Frenchboro, ME $96,873 Grand Lake Stream, ME $96,873 Hancock, ME $96,873 Harborside, ME $96,873 Harrington, ME $96,873 Hulls Cove, ME $96,873 Isle Au Haut, ME $96,873 Islesford, ME $96,873

Jonesboro, ME $96,873 Jonesport, ME $96,873 Little Deer Isle, ME $96,873 Lubec, ME $96,873 Bass Harbor, ME $96,873 Machias, ME $96,873 Machiasport, ME $96,873 Meddybemps, ME $96,873

Milbridge, ME $96,873 Mount Desert, ME $96,873 Northeast Harbor, ME $96,873 Sullivan, ME $96,873 Pembroke, ME $96,873 Perry, ME $96,873 Princeton, ME $96,873 Prospect Harbor, ME $96,873

Robbinston, ME $96,873 Salsbury Cove, ME $96,873 Sargentville, ME $96,873 Seal Cove, ME $96,873 Seal Harbor, ME $96,873 Sedgwick, ME $96,873 Sorrento, ME $96,873 Southwest Harbor, ME $96,873

Steuben, ME $96,873 Stonington, ME $96,873 Sunset, ME $96,873 Surry, ME $96,873 Swans Island, ME $96,873 Wesley, ME $96,873 Whiting, ME $96,873 Winter Harbor, ME $96,873

Baileyville, ME $96,873 Houlton, ME $96,873 Ashland, ME $96,873 Benedicta, ME $96,873 Blaine, ME $96,873 Bridgewater, ME $96,873 Caribou, ME $96,873 Clayton Lake, ME $96,873

Crouseville, ME $96,873 Eagle Lake, ME $96,873 Easton, ME $96,873 Estcourt Station, ME $96,873 Fort Fairfield, ME $96,873 Fort Kent, ME $96,873 Fort Kent Mills, ME $96,873 Frenchville, ME $96,873

Grand Isle, ME $96,873 Island Falls, ME $96,873 Limestone, ME $96,873 Madawaska, ME $96,873 Mapleton, ME $96,873 Richmond, ME $101,850 South China, ME $96,873 South Gardiner, ME $101,850

Vienna, ME $99,356 Windsor, ME $99,356 Winthrop, ME $101,850 Bangor, ME $97,895 Abbot, ME $96,873 Aurora, ME $96,944 Bradford, ME $97,486 Bradley, ME $97,895

Brewer, ME $97,895 Brookton, ME $96,873 Brownville, ME $96,873 Brownville Junction, ME $96,873 Bucksport, ME $97,414 Burlington, ME $96,873 Greenbush, ME $97,281 Carmel, ME $97,690

Castine, ME $96,873 Charleston, ME $97,210 Danforth, ME $96,873 Dover Foxcroft, ME $96,873 Corinth, ME $97,690 Eddington, ME $97,895 Holden, ME $97,895 East Millinocket, ME $96,873

East Orland, ME $97,210 Etna, ME $97,557 Exeter, ME $97,353 Frankfort, ME $97,353 Greenville, ME $96,873 Greenville Junction, ME $96,873 Guilford, ME $96,873 Hampden, ME $97,895

Howland, ME $96,873 Hudson, ME $97,823 Kenduskeag, ME $97,895 Kingman, ME $96,873 Lagrange, ME $97,077 Lambert Lake, ME $96,873 Lee, ME $96,873 Levant, ME $97,895

Lincoln, ME $96,873 Mattawamkeag, ME $96,873 Medway, ME $96,873 Milford, ME $97,895 Millinocket, ME $96,873 Milo, ME $96,873 Monson, ME $96,873 Olamon, ME $97,148

Old Town, ME $97,895 Orono, ME $97,895 Orient, ME $96,873 Orland, ME $97,210 Orrington, ME $97,895 Passadumkeag, ME $96,873 Penobscot, ME $96,873 Rockwood, ME $96,873

Sangerville, ME $96,873 Sebec, ME $96,873 Shirley Mills, ME $96,873 Springfield, ME $96,873 Stetson, ME $97,414 Stillwater, ME $97,762 Topsfield, ME $96,873 Vanceboro, ME $96,873

Waite, ME $96,873 West Enfield, ME $96,873 Winn, ME $96,873 Winterport, ME $97,619 Wytopitlock, ME $96,873 Bath, ME $101,850 Alna, ME $101,850 Boothbay, ME $101,850

Boothbay Harbor, ME $101,850 Bristol, ME $101,850 Chamberlain, ME $101,850 Damariscotta, ME $101,850 East Boothbay, ME $101,850 Friendship, ME $101,850 Georgetown, ME $101,850 Isle Of Springs, ME $101,850

Bremen, ME $101,850 Newcastle, ME $101,850 New Harbor, ME $101,850 Nobleboro, ME $101,850 Edgecomb, ME $101,850 Pemaquid, ME $101,850 Phippsburg, ME $101,850 Cushing, ME $101,850

Round Pond, ME $101,850 Sandy Point, ME $97,005 Searsmont, ME $96,873 Searsport, ME $96,873 Shawmut, ME $96,873 Skowhegan, ME $96,873 Smithfield, ME $96,873 Solon, ME $96,873

Stockton Springs, ME $96,873 Stratton, ME $96,873 Strong, ME $96,873 Temple, ME $99,356 West Forks, ME $96,873 Thorndike, ME $96,873 Troy, ME $96,873 Unity, ME $96,873

Vassalboro, ME $96,873 West Farmington, ME $99,356 Berwick, ME $107,409 Cape Neddick, ME $107,552 Eliot, ME $107,644 Kittery, ME $107,644 Kittery Point, ME $107,644 North Berwick, ME $107,307

Ogunquit, ME $107,358 South Berwick, ME $107,552 York, ME $107,644 York Beach, ME $107,644 York Harbor, ME $107,644 Acton, ME $103,188 Alfred, ME $103,648 Bailey Island, ME $102,596

Bar Mills, ME $102,596 Biddeford, ME $102,391 Biddeford Pool, ME $102,463 Bowdoinham, ME $101,850 Bridgton, ME $101,850 Brownfield, ME $101,850 Brunswick, ME $101,982 Bustins Island, ME $102,667

Cape Porpoise, ME $104,200 Casco, ME $101,850 Center Lovell, ME $101,850 Chebeague Island, ME $102,872 Cliff Island, ME $102,872 Cornish, ME $101,850 Cumberland Center, ME $102,872 Denmark, ME $101,850

East Baldwin, ME $101,850 Lebanon, ME $103,832 East Parsonsfield, ME $102,279 Sebago, ME $101,850 East Waterboro, ME $103,352 Freeport, ME $102,534 Fryeburg, ME $101,850 Gorham, ME $102,872

Gray, ME $102,463 Harrison, ME $101,850 Hiram, ME $101,850 Hollis Center, ME $102,330 Kennebunk, ME $104,374 Kennebunkport, ME $104,323 Parsonsfield, ME $102,279 Limerick, ME $102,759

Limington, ME $102,483 Long Island, ME $102,872 Lovell, ME $101,850 Moody, ME $107,215 Naples, ME $101,850 Newfield, ME $102,923 North Bridgton, ME $101,850 North Waterboro, ME $103,137

Windham, ME $102,800 Ocean Park, ME $102,739 Old Orchard Beach, ME $102,800 Orrs Island, ME $102,391 Porter, ME $101,635 Pownal, ME $102,463 Scarborough, ME $102,872 Raymond, ME $102,187

Saco, ME $102,667 Sanford, ME $103,710 Sebago Lake, ME $101,982 Shapleigh, ME $103,229 South Casco, ME $102,258 South Freeport, ME $102,463 Harpswell, ME $102,391 South Windham, ME $102,872

Springvale, ME $103,597 Standish, ME $102,534 Steep Falls, ME $102,187 Topsham, ME $101,850 Waterboro, ME $103,495 Waterford, ME $101,850 Wells, ME $104,629 West Baldwin, ME $101,850

Westbrook, ME $102,872 Buxton, ME $102,391 West Kennebunk, ME $104,006 West Newfield, ME $102,688 Yarmouth, ME $102,872 North Yarmouth, ME $102,667 Mars Hill, ME $96,873 Monticello, ME $96,873

New Limerick, ME $96,873 New Sweden, ME $96,873 Oakfield, ME $96,873 Oxbow, ME $96,873 Patten, ME $96,873 Perham, ME $96,873 Portage, ME $96,873 Presque Isle, ME $96,873

Saint Agatha, ME $96,873 Saint David, ME $96,873 Saint Francis, ME $96,873 Sheridan, ME $96,873 Sherman, ME $96,873 Stacyville, ME $96,873 Sinclair, ME $96,873 Smyrna Mills, ME $96,873

Wallagrass, ME $96,873 Stockholm, ME $96,873 Van Buren, ME $96,873 Washburn, ME $96,873 Westfield, ME $96,873 Rockland, ME $96,873 Camden, ME $96,873 Glen Cove, ME $96,873

Hope, ME $96,873 Islesboro, ME $96,873 Lincolnville, ME $96,873 Lincolnville Center, ME $96,873 Matinicus, ME $99,356 Monhegan, ME $101,850 North Haven, ME $96,873 Owls Head, ME $96,873

Port Clyde, ME $101,850 Rockport, ME $96,873 South Thomaston, ME $96,873 Spruce Head, ME $99,356 Tenants Harbor, ME $101,850 Thomaston, ME $99,356 Union, ME $96,873 Vinalhaven, ME $96,873

Warren, ME $99,356 West Rockport, ME $96,873 Waterville, ME $96,873 Albion, ME $96,873 Anson, ME $96,873 Athens, ME $96,873 Belfast, ME $96,873 Belgrade, ME $99,356

Belgrade Lakes, ME $96,873 Bingham, ME $96,873 Brooks, ME $96,873 Burnham, ME $96,873 Cambridge, ME $96,873 Canaan, ME $96,873 Caratunk, ME $96,873 China Village, ME $96,873

Clinton, ME $96,873 Corinna, ME $97,005 Detroit, ME $96,944 Dexter, ME $96,873 Dixmont, ME $97,148 East Newport, ME $97,210 East Vassalboro, ME $96,873 Eustis, ME $96,873

Fairfield, ME $96,873 Farmington, ME $99,356 Garland, ME $97,148 Farmington Falls, ME $99,356

Quality Associate Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Quality Associate'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

$89,348

Average $99,642/year

$107,402

$7,446

Average $8,304/month

$8,950

$1,718

Average $1,916/week

$2,065

$43

Average $48/hour

$52

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$107,402	$8,950	$2,065	$52
Average	$99,642	$8,304	$1,916	$48
25th Percentile	$89,348	$7,446	$1,718	$43

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