Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,235
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$6,465
16.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,358
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
$38,700
Kept after tax
$32,235
Worth in national money
$33,358
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $38,700, which ranks 10 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 8.49% above the national middle.
- Against 453 occupations Vermont publishes, this job lands at 420. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $38,700 you keep $32,235, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $33,358 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $39,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Vermont ranks 10 of 51 states publishing a median for automotive and watercraft service attendants, at $38,700 — about 8.49% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Vermont, this work ranks 420 of 453 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for automotive and watercraft service attendants on $38,700 is $32,235. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $33,358 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $39,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $43,740 |
| This salary | $38,700 |
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 | $32,235 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,275 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$885 |
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 | $37,405 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,070 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Vermont earn less than $38,700. The published range is $31,980 up to $43,740, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $32,235 take-home in Vermont comes from $38,700. 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 420 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $33,358, the adjusted value of that $38,700 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 420 of 453 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for automotive and watercraft service attendants in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,980 to $43,740. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $32,235, from $38,700, 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 420 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $33,358 — the adjusted value of that $38,700 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 420 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,980 at the bottom tenth to $43,740 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $33,358 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Vermont adds its own income tax on top — which is why $32,235 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,980 to $43,740) 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 $33,358 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 $32,235 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.