Maishofen is a municipality in the district of Zell am See, in the state of Salzburg in Austria. It lies in the Salzburg portion of the Austrian Alps, within the Pinzgau region, the valley area around the town of Zell am See.
The municipality is one of the communities that make up the Zell am See district, an administrative division in the western part of the state of Salzburg. As a municipality, it forms a local administrative unit covering the settlement and its surrounding area.