Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,179
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$15,921
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,205
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
$74,100
Kept after tax
$58,179
Worth in national money
$60,205
State rank
7
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays this job a middle wage of $74,100, ranking 7 of 50 states and sitting about 14.09% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 149 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $74,100 you keep $58,179 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $60,205 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $73,760.
- Vermont's median for civil engineering technologists and technicians is $74,100, about 14.09% above the national figure and 7 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 149 of 453 in Vermont places civil engineering technologists and technicians 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.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $58,179 after the full tax stack, from $74,100. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $60,205 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $73,760 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $91,600 |
| This salary | $74,100 |
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 | $58,179 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,959 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,526 |
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 | $70,148 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,490 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $74,100 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $60,520 and the ninetieth is $91,600 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $58,179 take-home in Vermont comes from $74,100. 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 149 of 453.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $60,205 uses one figure for the whole of Vermont. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 453 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 149.
- The Vermont median of $74,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $60,520 to $91,600. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $58,179, from $74,100, 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 149 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $60,205, worked from $74,100, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Vermont address, on work sitting at 149 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $60,520 at the bottom tenth to $91,600 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 $60,205.
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, $58,179 remains.
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 ($60,520 to $91,600) 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 $60,205 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 $58,179 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.