Bangor vs Lewiston leftover
You'd keep $153 more a month in Lewiston
$1,993/mo leftover in Lewiston vs $1,840 in Bangor after tax and rent ($153 more). +$1,836 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Bangor leftover
$1,840
a month after tax and rent
Lewiston leftover
$1,993
+$153 vs Bangor
Compare Bangor to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Bangor.
Monthly gap
Bangor → Lewiston
$153
more / month in Lewiston
$1,993 in Lewiston · $1,840 in Bangor · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
In 2022-2023, 80 households moved Bangor → Lewiston (avg AGI $48,463). 63 went the other way. The whole move →
+$153 / mo
| Per month | Bangor | Lewiston | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,792 | $7,143 | +$352 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,671 | $1,801 | +$129 |
| Take-home pay | $5,121 | $5,343 | +$222 |
| Rent | $1,215 | $1,289 | +$74 |
| Getting around | $578 | $574 | −$4 |
| Groceries | $410 | $410 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $462 | $462 | $0 |
| Utilities | $257 | $257 | $0 |
| Everything else | $359 | $359 | $0 |
| Left over | $1,840 | $1,993 | +$153 |
To break even in Lewiston, you'd need to earn
$83,000
Household gross, versus $81,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Bangor does now.
The tax difference alone
−$302
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 24.6% in Bangor, 25.2% in Lewiston.
More about Lewiston
Bangor, ME in full
State income tax topping out at 7.15%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,447 and 174 sunny days; commutes average 23 minutes.
Lewiston, ME in full
State income tax topping out at 7.15%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,535 and 173 sunny days; commutes average 25 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Lewiston on Lewiston wages.
Lewiston → Bangor →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Lewiston than Bangor?
A one-bedroom is about $1,215 in Bangor versus $1,289 in Lewiston. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $153 a month higher in Lewiston. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Lewiston have state income tax?
Lewiston is in Maine, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Bangor to Lewiston?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Maine tax, rent is priced at the same bedroom count, and leftover is the gap. The from-to page also lists IRS households that already made the move, when that data exists.
Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. The dollar gap between Bangor and Lewiston moves when you change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
Rent is Zillow's asking rent for each metro; taxes and living costs are modelled. An estimate, not a quote or tax advice. How this is calculated.