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Maine: 3 metros with trade pay data

Insulation Installer pay in Maine

Statewide and by city · BLS, May 2025

$47,790statewide median a year
$22.97median an hour
#32of 48 states
440insulation installers employed statewide

Statewide pay Government data

Insulation installers in Maine earn a statewide median of $47,790 a year, 1% below the typical U.S. metro, ranking #32 of 48 states. About 440 people work in the trade statewide.

Statewide pay range

$37,260Entry · 10th$40,31025th$47,790Median$57,50075th$62,710Top · 90th

States ranked near Maine

Tennessee$48,410
Montana$48,100
Georgia$47,810
Maine$47,790
Louisiana$47,340
Florida$47,100
South Carolina$47,020

See all states on the insulation installers nationwide.

Pay by city Government data

BLS publishes insulation installer pay for 2 Maine metros: Portland and Lewiston.

PortlandMAINE · ME$48,000
LewistonMAINE · ME$47,870
MetroMedian payReal payJobs
PortlandMAINE · ME$48,000$47,124250
LewistonMAINE · ME$47,870$50,53050

Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025 (metro-level). Real pay: BEA price parities, 2024. How we calculate

Pay outside the cities Government data

BLS also reports pay for Maine's rural (nonmetropolitan) regions.

Northeast Maine$46,950

BLS OEWS nonmetropolitan areas, May 2025.

The job (national)

Blueprint-style drawing of a condenser unit with supply and return ducts, illustrating insulation installer work in Maine
Insulation Installer pay in Maine: $47,790 statewide median, BLS May 2025.

Line and cover structures with insulating materials. May work with batt, roll, or blown insulation materials.

Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 2.4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 3,000 openings a year. Typical training: short-term on-the-job training.

Nationally, insulation installers have 312 injuries or illnesses serious enough to miss work per 10,000 full-time workers, 3.6× the rate for all jobs (87). The most common cause is falls, slips and trips.

What the work is like Government data

How often insulation installers deal with each condition, from surveys of workers in the job.

Outdoors, in all kinds of weatherOften
Indoors with heating and air conditioningOccasionally
Very hot or cold conditionsOften
Working at heightsOften
Climbing ladders, scaffolds or polesSometimes
Cramped spaces and awkward positionsOften
Loud noiseOften
Hazardous conditionsOccasionally
Standing, bending, kneeling and walkingOften
SittingRarely

Getting started usually takes some preparation (high school plus months of training).

O*NET 31.0 Work Context and Job Zones (U.S. Department of Labor), national.

Licensing in Maine Official source

The main state licensing office in Maine is the Maine Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation. The state licenses electricians and plumbers; no statewide general contractor license. It can point you to the right license for insulation installers.

Official Maine licensing site ↗

Requirements for insulation installers vary by state and sometimes by city; always confirm with the official agency.

Union membership

In 2025, 11.9% of wage and salary workers in Maine were union members, above the U.S. rate of about 10% (#17 of 51 states and D.C.), and 14.1% were covered by a union contract. These figures cover all jobs in the state, not only insulation installers.

BLS Union Members, 2025 (Current Population Survey), table 5.

Cities in Maine

PortlandMAINE · ME+4.5%population since 2020 · 2.8% unemployment
LewistonMAINE · ME+4.8%population since 2020 · 3.5% unemployment

All trades in Maine.

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