Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,874
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$6,656
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,019
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
$39,530
Kept after tax
$32,874
Worth in national money
$34,019
State rank
5
of 51 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 $39,530, ranking 5 of 51 states and sitting about 10.33% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Vermont, this one sits low: 415 of 453 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $39,530 you keep $32,874 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $34,019 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $41,530, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont's median for cleaners of vehicles and equipment is $39,530, about 10.33% above the national figure and 5 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Cleaners of vehicles and equipment occupies position 415 of 453 in Vermont's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $32,874 after the full tax stack, from $39,530. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $34,019 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $41,530 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,250 |
| This salary | $39,530 |
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 | $32,874 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,942 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$910 |
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 | $38,201 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,101 |
| 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 cleaners of vehicles and equipment in Vermont earn under $39,530 and half over. The published range runs $31,920 at the tenth percentile to $49,250 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $32,874, from $39,530, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 415 of 453 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $34,019, the adjusted value of that $39,530 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 415 of 453 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for cleaners of vehicles and equipment in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,920 to $49,250; 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.
- Take-home for Vermont is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $32,874 from $39,530. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 415 of 453 locally.
- This $34,019 adjusted figure, worked from $39,530, 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 415 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 415 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 $41,530, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,920 at the tenth percentile, $49,250 at the ninetieth.
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 $34,019.
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 $32,874 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $41,530. 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 ($31,920 to $49,250) 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 $34,019 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 $32,874 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.