Software Design Engineer Salary in Maine

How much does a Software Design Engineer make in Maine?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Software Design Engineer in Maine is $126,675 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $61.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $146,056
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $115,711 to $136,820
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $105,729

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Software Design Engineer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$136,820	$11,402	$2,631	$66
Average	$126,675	$10,556	$2,436	$61
25th Percentile	$115,711	$9,643	$2,225	$56

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Key Factors That Influence Software Design Engineer Salaries

A Software Design Engineer'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 Software Design Engineer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Software Design Engineer'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): $80,860
Early Career (1-2 years): $104,056
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $127,436
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $147,442
Expert (over 8 years): $169,486

Levels	Salary
Software ... Level Software Design Engineer	$80,860
Software ... Level Software Design Engineer	$104,056
Software ... Level Software Design Engineer	$127,436
Software ... Level Software Design Engineer	$147,442
Software ... Level Software Design Engineer	$169,486

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How Do Software Design Engineer 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 Software Design Engineers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $143,851.
California: $143,305.
Massachusetts: $141,395.

District of Columbia $143,851 California $143,305 Massachusetts $141,395 Washington $140,876 New Jersey $140,824 Alaska $140,642 Connecticut $138,849 New York $138,121

Hawaii $135,796 Rhode Island $134,704 Maryland $133,964 Minnesota $132,950 Colorado $132,560 Illinois $132,431 Oregon $131,937 Delaware $131,573

New Hampshire $131,344 Virginia $130,832 Pennsylvania $129,338 Nevada $128,585 North Dakota $128,338 Michigan $127,948 Wisconsin $127,805 Vermont $127,519

Texas $126,727 Maine $126,675 Arizona $126,597 Ohio $126,506 Georgia $125,311 Indiana $124,713 Wyoming $124,596 Utah $124,414

Iowa $124,336 Kansas $123,713 Louisiana $123,531 North Carolina $123,466 Missouri $123,440 Florida $122,933 Montana $122,660 Nebraska $122,400

Kentucky $122,258 South Carolina $121,738 Tennessee $121,413 Idaho $121,283 New Mexico $120,335 Oklahoma $120,127 Alabama $119,360 South Dakota $118,074

Arkansas $117,372 West Virginia $116,996 Mississippi $115,865

Top Paying Cities for Software Design Engineers

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: $124,669
Harmony: $124,614
Hartland: $124,777

Freedom, ME $124,669 Harmony, ME $124,614 Hartland, ME $124,777 Hinckley, ME $124,895 Jackman, ME $124,291 Kingfield, ME $124,999 Liberty, ME $124,898 Madison, ME $125,165

Monroe, ME $124,488 Morrill, ME $124,704 Newport, ME $124,505 New Portland, ME $125,193 New Sharon, ME $125,040 New Vineyard, ME $125,117 Norridgewock, ME $125,120 North Anson, ME $125,194

North Vassalboro, ME $125,419 Oakland, ME $125,161 Oquossoc, ME $124,743 Palmyra, ME $124,584 Phillips, ME $124,794 Pittsfield, ME $124,787 Plymouth, ME $124,521 Rangeley, ME $124,824

Portland, ME $130,780 Falmouth, ME $130,484 South Portland, ME $130,780 Cape Elizabeth, ME $130,521 Peaks Island, ME $130,647 Cumberland Foreside, ME $130,356 Auburn, ME $128,013 Andover, ME $124,788

Bethel, ME $124,999 Bryant Pond, ME $125,464 Buckfield, ME $126,024 Canton, ME $125,234 Durham, ME $128,823 Danville, ME $128,399 Dixfield, ME $124,974 Dryden, ME $125,118

East Andover, ME $124,826 East Dixfield, ME $125,177 East Livermore, ME $125,916 East Poland, ME $128,165 Stoneham, ME $125,521 East Wilton, ME $125,411 Greene, ME $127,032 Hanover, ME $124,892

Hebron, ME $126,917 Jay, ME $125,203 Lewiston, ME $127,944 Lisbon, ME $128,350 Lisbon Falls, ME $128,152 Livermore, ME $125,710 Livermore Falls, ME $125,628 Greenwood, ME $125,630

Mechanic Falls, ME $127,783 Mexico, ME $125,096 Minot, ME $127,308 Monmouth, ME $126,628 New Gloucester, ME $128,908 Newry, ME $124,660 North Jay, ME $125,142 Leeds, ME $126,322

North Monmouth, ME $126,442 North Turner, ME $126,233 North Waterford, ME $126,103 Norway, ME $126,507 Oxford, ME $127,186 Paris, ME $126,758 Poland, ME $128,186 Roxbury, ME $124,703

Rumford, ME $125,024 Sabattus, ME $127,384 South Paris, ME $126,584 Turner, ME $126,588 Wayne, ME $126,012 Weld, ME $124,795 West Bethel, ME $124,899 Bowdoin, ME $127,367

West Minot, ME $127,124 West Paris, ME $126,080 Peru, ME $125,283 West Poland, ME $128,088 Sumner, ME $125,678 Wilton, ME $125,124 Augusta, ME $125,473 Coopers Mills, ME $125,643

Dresden, ME $126,676 East Winthrop, ME $125,863 Farmingdale, ME $126,210 Gardiner, ME $126,438 Randolph, ME $126,210 Hallowell, ME $126,051 Jefferson, ME $125,212 Kents Hill, ME $125,469

Litchfield, ME $126,813 Manchester, ME $125,716 Mount Vernon, ME $125,167 Whitefield, ME $125,715 Palermo, ME $125,004 Sebasco Estates, ME $128,699 Readfield, ME $125,681 Saint Albans, ME $124,681

South Bristol, ME $126,768 Squirrel Island, ME $127,189 Trevett, ME $127,279 Waldoboro, ME $125,187 Walpole, ME $126,566 Washington, ME $124,874 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $127,415 Southport, ME $127,699

Wiscasset, ME $127,054 Woolwich, ME $127,356 Ellsworth, ME $124,366 Addison, ME $124,214 Gouldsboro, ME $124,325 Bar Harbor, ME $124,560 Beals, ME $124,353 Bernard, ME $124,603

Birch Harbor, ME $124,444 Blue Hill, ME $124,499 Brooklin, ME $124,501 Brooksville, ME $124,499 Calais, ME $124,169 Cherryfield, ME $124,027 Columbia Falls, ME $124,021 Corea, ME $124,331

Cranberry Isles, ME $124,358 Cutler, ME $124,030 Deer Isle, ME $124,616 Dennysville, ME $123,913 East Blue Hill, ME $124,504 East Machias, ME $124,030 Eastport, ME $124,397 Franklin, ME $124,339

Frenchboro, ME $124,290 Grand Lake Stream, ME $123,837 Hancock, ME $124,523 Harborside, ME $124,477 Harrington, ME $124,297 Hulls Cove, ME $124,562 Isle Au Haut, ME $124,290 Islesford, ME $124,548

Jonesboro, ME $124,131 Jonesport, ME $124,244 Little Deer Isle, ME $124,600 Lubec, ME $124,091 Bass Harbor, ME $124,605 Machias, ME $124,154 Machiasport, ME $124,214 Meddybemps, ME $123,836

Milbridge, ME $124,347 Mount Desert, ME $124,466 Northeast Harbor, ME $124,548 Sullivan, ME $124,356 Pembroke, ME $124,028 Perry, ME $124,141 Princeton, ME $123,830 Prospect Harbor, ME $124,457

Robbinston, ME $124,002 Salsbury Cove, ME $124,577 Sargentville, ME $124,535 Seal Cove, ME $124,471 Seal Harbor, ME $124,513 Sedgwick, ME $124,521 Sorrento, ME $124,471 Southwest Harbor, ME $124,581

Steuben, ME $124,278 Stonington, ME $124,627 Sunset, ME $124,197 Surry, ME $124,497 Swans Island, ME $124,386 Wesley, ME $123,675 Whiting, ME $123,995 Winter Harbor, ME $124,349

Baileyville, ME $123,957 Houlton, ME $123,698 Ashland, ME $123,519 Benedicta, ME $123,246 Blaine, ME $123,667 Bridgewater, ME $123,375 Caribou, ME $123,922 Clayton Lake, ME $123,697

Crouseville, ME $123,778 Eagle Lake, ME $123,658 Easton, ME $123,796 Estcourt Station, ME $123,748 Fort Fairfield, ME $123,859 Fort Kent, ME $123,914 Fort Kent Mills, ME $123,809 Frenchville, ME $123,949

Grand Isle, ME $123,779 Island Falls, ME $123,259 Limestone, ME $123,824 Madawaska, ME $124,156 Mapleton, ME $123,630 Richmond, ME $126,883 South China, ME $125,130 South Gardiner, ME $126,592

Vienna, ME $124,940 Windsor, ME $125,060 Winthrop, ME $126,218 Bangor, ME $124,453 Abbot, ME $124,475 Aurora, ME $123,798 Bradford, ME $124,396 Bradley, ME $124,400

Brewer, ME $124,447 Brookton, ME $123,380 Brownville, ME $124,039 Brownville Junction, ME $124,804 Bucksport, ME $124,438 Burlington, ME $123,993 Greenbush, ME $124,279 Carmel, ME $124,457

Castine, ME $124,716 Charleston, ME $124,419 Danforth, ME $123,585 Dover Foxcroft, ME $124,491 Corinth, ME $124,442 Eddington, ME $124,413 Holden, ME $124,423 East Millinocket, ME $123,904

East Orland, ME $124,425 Etna, ME $124,484 Exeter, ME $124,464 Frankfort, ME $124,460 Greenville, ME $123,743 Greenville Junction, ME $124,148 Guilford, ME $124,442 Hampden, ME $124,455

Howland, ME $124,158 Hudson, ME $124,432 Kenduskeag, ME $124,445 Kingman, ME $123,455 Lagrange, ME $124,304 Lambert Lake, ME $123,601 Lee, ME $123,965 Levant, ME $124,452

Lincoln, ME $123,956 Mattawamkeag, ME $123,552 Medway, ME $123,584 Milford, ME $124,380 Millinocket, ME $123,398 Milo, ME $124,273 Monson, ME $124,462 Olamon, ME $124,314

Old Town, ME $124,400 Orono, ME $124,434 Orient, ME $123,466 Orland, ME $124,426 Orrington, ME $124,440 Passadumkeag, ME $124,243 Penobscot, ME $124,429 Rockwood, ME $123,934

Sangerville, ME $124,549 Sebec, ME $124,351 Shirley Mills, ME $124,386 Springfield, ME $123,640 Stetson, ME $124,471 Stillwater, ME $124,438 Topsfield, ME $123,485 Vanceboro, ME $123,592

Waite, ME $123,656 West Enfield, ME $124,213 Winn, ME $123,718 Winterport, ME $124,455 Wytopitlock, ME $123,281 Bath, ME $128,238 Alna, ME $126,196 Boothbay, ME $127,053

Boothbay Harbor, ME $127,340 Bristol, ME $126,285 Chamberlain, ME $126,501 Damariscotta, ME $126,206 East Boothbay, ME $127,145 Friendship, ME $125,474 Georgetown, ME $128,075 Isle Of Springs, ME $127,057

Bremen, ME $125,936 Newcastle, ME $126,258 New Harbor, ME $126,701 Nobleboro, ME $125,756 Edgecomb, ME $126,687 Pemaquid, ME $126,577 Phippsburg, ME $128,591 Cushing, ME $125,064

Round Pond, ME $126,262 Sandy Point, ME $124,451 Searsmont, ME $124,747 Searsport, ME $124,471 Shawmut, ME $125,281 Skowhegan, ME $125,007 Smithfield, ME $125,073 Solon, ME $125,007

Stockton Springs, ME $124,451 Stratton, ME $124,903 Strong, ME $125,011 Temple, ME $124,963 West Forks, ME $124,241 Thorndike, ME $124,579 Troy, ME $124,543 Unity, ME $124,699

Vassalboro, ME $125,082 West Farmington, ME $125,446 Berwick, ME $132,953 Cape Neddick, ME $133,966 Eliot, ME $135,741 Kittery, ME $136,135 Kittery Point, ME $135,111 North Berwick, ME $131,928

Ogunquit, ME $133,126 South Berwick, ME $134,292 York, ME $135,059 York Beach, ME $134,412 York Harbor, ME $135,094 Acton, ME $128,163 Alfred, ME $129,979 Bailey Island, ME $129,447

Bar Mills, ME $129,771 Biddeford, ME $129,814 Biddeford Pool, ME $129,815 Bowdoinham, ME $127,278 Bridgton, ME $127,061 Brownfield, ME $126,949 Brunswick, ME $128,781 Bustins Island, ME $129,690

Cape Porpoise, ME $130,396 Casco, ME $128,572 Center Lovell, ME $126,123 Chebeague Island, ME $129,975 Cliff Island, ME $130,258 Cornish, ME $128,412 Cumberland Center, ME $130,110 Denmark, ME $126,930

East Baldwin, ME $128,739 Lebanon, ME $130,883 East Parsonsfield, ME $127,735 Sebago, ME $128,411 East Waterboro, ME $129,389 Freeport, ME $129,454 Fryeburg, ME $126,293 Gorham, ME $129,996

Gray, ME $129,205 Harrison, ME $126,364 Hiram, ME $128,013 Hollis Center, ME $129,550 Kennebunk, ME $130,493 Kennebunkport, ME $130,000 Parsonsfield, ME $127,731 Limerick, ME $128,915

Limington, ME $128,881 Long Island, ME $130,479 Lovell, ME $125,942 Moody, ME $132,097 Naples, ME $128,038 Newfield, ME $128,704 North Bridgton, ME $127,126 North Waterboro, ME $129,163

Windham, ME $129,866 Ocean Park, ME $129,915 Old Orchard Beach, ME $130,002 Orrs Island, ME $129,337 Porter, ME $127,301 Pownal, ME $129,253 Scarborough, ME $130,440 Raymond, ME $128,978

Saco, ME $129,923 Sanford, ME $130,584 Sebago Lake, ME $128,880 Shapleigh, ME $129,373 South Casco, ME $129,054 South Freeport, ME $129,389 Harpswell, ME $129,312 South Windham, ME $130,107

Springvale, ME $129,824 Standish, ME $129,419 Steep Falls, ME $129,141 Topsham, ME $128,339 Waterboro, ME $129,629 Waterford, ME $126,227 Wells, ME $131,841 West Baldwin, ME $128,511

Westbrook, ME $130,475 Buxton, ME $129,779 West Kennebunk, ME $130,426 West Newfield, ME $128,073 Yarmouth, ME $129,989 North Yarmouth, ME $129,718 Mars Hill, ME $123,789 Monticello, ME $123,540

New Limerick, ME $123,620 New Sweden, ME $123,787 Oakfield, ME $123,492 Oxbow, ME $122,989 Patten, ME $123,068 Perham, ME $123,701 Portage, ME $123,636 Presque Isle, ME $123,952

Saint Agatha, ME $123,891 Saint David, ME $123,865 Saint Francis, ME $123,698 Sheridan, ME $123,553 Sherman, ME $123,368 Stacyville, ME $123,215 Sinclair, ME $123,659 Smyrna Mills, ME $123,290

Wallagrass, ME $123,797 Stockholm, ME $123,678 Van Buren, ME $123,831 Washburn, ME $123,783 Westfield, ME $123,613 Rockland, ME $124,995 Camden, ME $124,983 Glen Cove, ME $124,942

Hope, ME $124,937 Islesboro, ME $124,616 Lincolnville, ME $124,718 Lincolnville Center, ME $124,722 Matinicus, ME $124,512 Monhegan, ME $125,841 North Haven, ME $124,597 Owls Head, ME $124,766

Port Clyde, ME $125,465 Rockport, ME $124,953 South Thomaston, ME $124,769 Spruce Head, ME $124,842 Tenants Harbor, ME $125,204 Thomaston, ME $124,859 Union, ME $124,930 Vinalhaven, ME $124,597

Warren, ME $124,799 West Rockport, ME $124,968 Waterville, ME $125,243 Albion, ME $125,044 Anson, ME $125,130 Athens, ME $124,782 Belfast, ME $124,720 Belgrade, ME $125,005

Belgrade Lakes, ME $124,877 Bingham, ME $124,770 Brooks, ME $124,514 Burnham, ME $124,638 Cambridge, ME $124,610 Canaan, ME $124,817 Caratunk, ME $124,534 China Village, ME $125,386

Clinton, ME $124,859 Corinna, ME $124,514 Detroit, ME $124,556 Dexter, ME $124,679 Dixmont, ME $124,497 East Newport, ME $124,510 East Vassalboro, ME $125,156 Eustis, ME $124,399

Fairfield, ME $125,070 Farmington, ME $125,172 Garland, ME $124,449 Farmington Falls, ME $125,374

Software Design Engineer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Software Design Engineer'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

$115,711

Average $126,675/year

$136,820

$9,643

Average $10,556/month

$11,402

$2,225

Average $2,436/week

$2,631

$56

Average $61/hour

$66

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$136,820	$11,402	$2,631	$66
Average	$126,675	$10,556	$2,436	$61
25th Percentile	$115,711	$9,643	$2,225	$56

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