Butchers and Meat Cutters in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,533
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$8,047
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,840
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
$45,580
Kept after tax
$37,533
Worth in national money
$38,840
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is one of the better-paying states for butchers and meat cutters. The middle earner takes $45,580, which ranks 13 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 13.55% above the national middle.
- Within Vermont this is lower-paid work. Of 453 occupations the state publishes figures for, butchers and meat cutters ranks 381. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $45,580 you keep $37,533, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $38,840 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $45,140, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Vermont ranks 13 of 51 states publishing a median for butchers and meat cutters, at $45,580 — about 13.55% 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.
- Against every occupation Vermont reports, butchers and meat cutters ranks 381 of 453, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for butchers and meat cutters on $45,580 is $37,533. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $38,840 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 $45,140 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Butchers and Meat Cutters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,070 |
| This salary | $45,580 |
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 | $37,533 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,804 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,092 |
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 | $43,999 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,320 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,580 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,160 and the ninetieth is $59,070 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $37,533, worked from $45,580. 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 381 of 453.
- Two cautions on $38,840, the adjusted value of that $45,580 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Vermont. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 381 of 453 locally.
- The Vermont median of $45,580 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,160 to $59,070. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Vermont take-home of $37,533, on $45,580 for work ranking 381 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 381 of 453 in the state.
- This $38,840 adjusted figure, worked from $45,580, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 381 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 381 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,160 at the bottom tenth to $59,070 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $38,840.
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, $37,533 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,160 to $59,070) 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 $38,840 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 $37,533 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.