Portland, ME
The rest of the month in Portland
$3,893 in modelled household costs, against $5,813 take-home. Leftover is $1,920.
Where the money goes
- Taxes$2,075
- Rent$1,896
- Other living costs$1,997
- Left over$1,920
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $94,654
- Federal income tax
- −$12,438
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,241
- State income tax (ME)
- −$5,215
- Take-home pay
- $69,760
- Effective tax rate
- 26.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,896
- Groceries
- $410
- Getting around
- $510
- Healthcare
- $462
- Utilities and internet
- $257
- Everything else
- $359
- Total spending
- $3,893
Left over each month
$7,888 gross, minus $2,075 in tax and $3,893 in living costs.
$1,920
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.