Automotive Body and Related Repairers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,629
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$9,271
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,079
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
$50,900
Kept after tax
$41,629
Worth in national money
$43,079
State rank
31
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Vermont pays this job around $50,900 at the midpoint, 31 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 310 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $50,900 the take-home is $41,629; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,079 would nationally. The average comes to $54,860, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For automotive body and related repairers the Vermont median is $50,900, ranking 31 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 310 of 453 in Vermont places automotive body and related repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for automotive body and related repairers in Vermont, on $50,900, is $41,629 — equivalent to $43,079 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 $54,860 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Automotive Body and Related Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,140 |
| This salary | $50,900 |
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 | $41,629 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,078 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,252 |
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 | $49,097 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,514 |
| 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 $50,900. The published range is $38,510 up to $74,140, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $41,629, worked from $50,900. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 310 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,079, the adjusted value of that $50,900 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 310 of 453 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for automotive body and related repairers in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,510 to $74,140. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Vermont take-home of $41,629, on $50,900 for work ranking 310 of 453 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 310 of 453 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $43,079 — the adjusted value of that $50,900 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 310 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $54,860, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,510 and the top tenth $74,140, so most people doing this work in Vermont sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Vermont is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $43,079 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Vermont's own levy, $41,629 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Vermont is $54,860. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,510 to $74,140) 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 $43,079 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 $41,629 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.