Architectural and Civil Drafters in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,278
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$11,722
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,994
Vermont costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Vermont — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$61,000
Kept after tax
$49,278
Worth in national money
$50,994
State rank
42
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Vermont. The middle earner gets $61,000. That is 42 of 50 states, and about 7.79% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Vermont, this sits in the middle: 224 of 453 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $61,000 the take-home is $49,278; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $50,994 would nationally. The average comes to $61,820, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For architectural and civil drafters, Vermont sits in the lower band at $61,000, ranking 42 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 7.79%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Architectural and civil drafters ranks 224 of 453 occupations in Vermont by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for architectural and civil drafters in Vermont, on $61,000, is $49,278 — equivalent to $50,994 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $61,820 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Architectural and Civil Drafters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,930 |
| This salary | $61,000 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Vermont | $49,278 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,194 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,688 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $58,616 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,041 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of architectural and civil drafters in Vermont earn under $61,000 and half over. The published range runs $47,410 at the tenth percentile to $78,930 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $49,278 take-home in Vermont comes from $61,000. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 224 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $50,994, the adjusted value of that $61,000 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 224 of 453 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for architectural and civil drafters in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,410 to $78,930; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $49,278, from $61,000, assumes a single Vermont filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 224 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $50,994 — the adjusted value of that $61,000 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 224 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $47,410 and the top tenth $78,930, so most people doing this work in Vermont sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Vermont sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $50,994 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Vermont then takes its own share, leaving $49,278.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,410 to $78,930) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Vermont rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Vermont's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $50,994 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $49,278 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Vermont income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.