New York vs Maine

Household income

Currently in

Moving to

Your $100,000 in New York is worth

$92,678

at national prices · RPP 107.9BEA RPP SARPPSource: BEA Regional Price Parities · SARPP · 2024 vintage · released February 2026 · Official API

The same income in Maine is worth

$102,987

at national prices · RPP 97.1BEA RPP SARPPSource: BEA Regional Price Parities · SARPP · 2024 vintage · released February 2026 · Official API

Your income goes +$10,309 further in Maine (+11.1% purchasing power).

Show the math

adjusted = income ÷ (RPP ÷ 100)

New York: $100,000 ÷ (107.9 ÷ 100) = $92,678

Maine: $100,000 ÷ (97.1 ÷ 100) = $102,987

difference: $102,987 − $92,678 = +$10,309

Where the difference comes from

Price level by component, 100 = US average. Higher means more expensive.

Regional price parity by component for the two states, with the percentage difference.
Component	New York	Maine	Difference
All items	107.9	97.1	−10.0%
Housing rents	122.2	78.9	−35.4%
Goods	107.3	97.2	−9.4%
Utilities	134.4	135.2	+0.6%
Other services	104.1	103.2	−0.9%

BEA Regional Price Parities · SARPP · 2024 · rel. February 2026 · Official API

Housing reality check

Typical rent and home price in each state — tangible context beyond the index.

New YorkMedian rent$1,621/moMedian home$423,800

MaineMedian rent$1,139/moMedian home$296,600

US Census ACS 5-Year Estimates · ACS5 · 2024 · rel. December 2025 · Official API

Tax at a glance

Hand-curated, tax year 2026 · verified 2026-07-20

Income and sales tax for the two states.
Tax	New York	Maine
Income tax (top rate)	10.90%	7.15%
Sales tax (combined avg)	8.54%	5.50%

Tax Foundation (income & sales) · Tax · 2026 · rel. tax year 2026 · Manually maintained · verified 2026-07-20

Official API Manually maintained2 of 3 metrics sourced from official APIs, 1 manually maintained. How every number is calculated →

New York vs Maine: the read

The bottom line

Move a $100,000 income from New York to Maine and its purchasing power changes from $92,678 to $102,987 in national-average terms — a gain of $10,309. Maine is the cheaper of the two, running at 97.1 on the price index versus 107.9.

Where the difference comes from

The widest gap is housing rents: New York sits at 122.2 and Maine at 78.9 (100 = national). Maine has the edge there, and it's the main reason the two states diverge.

Housing

Median rent runs $1,621 in New York against $1,139 in Maine, and the typical home $423,800 versus $296,600. Maine is the more affordable place to buy.

Taxes

On tax, New York has 10.90% top income tax and a combined sales tax of 8.54%; Maine has 7.15% top income tax and 5.50%. Weigh both against the purchasing-power figure above.

Full profiles: New York ·Maine. Every figure here is sourced on the pages linked above.

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