Lewiston, ME
The rest of the month in Lewiston
$3,358 in modelled household costs, against $5,344 take-home. Leftover is $1,986.
Where the money goes
- Taxes$1,801
- Rent$1,297
- Other living costs$2,061
- Left over$1,986
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $85,742
- Federal income tax
- −$10,477
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,559
- State income tax (ME)
- −$4,578
- Take-home pay
- $64,127
- Effective tax rate
- 25.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,297
- Groceries
- $410
- Getting around
- $574
- Healthcare
- $462
- Utilities and internet
- $257
- Everything else
- $359
- Total spending
- $3,358
Left over each month
$7,145 gross, minus $1,801 in tax and $3,358 in living costs.
$1,986
Power bill, separately
EIA 2024 residential electricity in ME averages a $237 monthly bill at 900 kWh. The utilities line above already includes power, gas and water as a household bundle — this is the state rate as a cross-check, not an extra cost.
Non-housing lines start from BLS-order-of-magnitude national spending, then scale by this metro's cost index and your household size. Electricity rates are EIA state averages. Not a budget, not advice.