High paying management jobs in Portland-South Portland, ME

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Portland-South Portland, ME. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Portland-South Portland, ME run 1.9% above the national average (2024), so a Portland-South Portland, ME salary is worth about 0.98× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Portland-South Portland, ME · Employed

1Chief Executives$176,000
Bachelor's degree
$79,760 – $510,100600
2Computer and Information Systems Managers$167,100
Bachelor's degree
$106,330 – $226,730700
3Architectural and Engineering Managers$164,530
Bachelor's degree
$117,080 – $210,160490
4Natural Sciences Managers$155,080
Bachelor's degree
$83,420 – $220,730240
5Purchasing Managers$142,240
Bachelor's degree
$99,940 – $191,200100
6Financial Managers$138,590
Bachelor's degree
$85,340 – $261,6901,550
7Human Resources Managers$137,550
Bachelor's degree
$83,560 – $218,750320
8Marketing Managers$135,380
Bachelor's degree
$98,060 – $229,660860
9Managers, All Other$135,130
Bachelor's degree
$83,640 – $210,490710
10Public Relations Managers$129,800
Bachelor's degree
$77,290 – $205,910220
11Medical and Health Services Managers$127,650
Bachelor's degree
$79,490 – $246,0801,180
12Industrial Production Managers$124,570
Bachelor's degree
$91,170 – $180,530460
13Fundraising Managers$122,990
Bachelor's degree
$79,320 – $179,030140
14Construction Managers$117,260
Bachelor's degree
$62,390 – $171,650740
15Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$113,160
Master's degree
$80,110 – $131,110590
16Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$110,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$67,530 – $193,540170
17General and Operations Managers$105,390
Bachelor's degree
$54,920 – $205,6607,160
18Facilities Managers$104,850
Bachelor's degree
$74,180 – $163,830310
19Education Administrators, All Other$90,620
Bachelor's degree
$60,580 – $142,34090
20Education Administrators, Postsecondary$88,180
Master's degree
$66,420 – $177,340390
21Social and Community Service Managers$74,650
Bachelor's degree
$49,920 – $101,970640
22Food Service Managers$72,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,290 – $93,600670
23Lodging Managers$62,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,420 – $106,910410
24Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare$61,520
Bachelor's degree
$42,870 – $76,180140
25Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$61,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,380 – $100,480520

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianPortland-South Portland, ME	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chief ExecutivesBachelor's degree	$176,000	$79,760 – $510,100	600
2	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$167,100	$106,330 – $226,730	700
3	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$164,530	$117,080 – $210,160	490
4	Natural Sciences ManagersBachelor's degree	$155,080	$83,420 – $220,730	240
5	Purchasing ManagersBachelor's degree	$142,240	$99,940 – $191,200	100
6	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$138,590	$85,340 – $261,690	1,550
7	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$137,550	$83,560 – $218,750	320
8	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$135,380	$98,060 – $229,660	860
9	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$135,130	$83,640 – $210,490	710
10	Public Relations ManagersBachelor's degree	$129,800	$77,290 – $205,910	220
11	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$127,650	$79,490 – $246,080	1,180
12	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$124,570	$91,170 – $180,530	460
13	Fundraising ManagersBachelor's degree	$122,990	$79,320 – $179,030	140
14	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$117,260	$62,390 – $171,650	740
15	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$113,160	$80,110 – $131,110	590
16	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$110,570	$67,530 – $193,540	170
17	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$105,390	$54,920 – $205,660	7,160
18	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$104,850	$74,180 – $163,830	310
19	Education Administrators, All OtherBachelor's degree	$90,620	$60,580 – $142,340	90
20	Education Administrators, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$88,180	$66,420 – $177,340	390
21	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$74,650	$49,920 – $101,970	640
22	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,630	$46,290 – $93,600	670
23	Lodging ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,400	$41,420 – $106,910	410
24	Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and DaycareBachelor's degree	$61,520	$42,870 – $76,180	140
25	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,240	$46,380 – $100,480	520

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Portland-South Portland, ME. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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