Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,697
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$10,803
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,323
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
$57,500
Kept after tax
$46,697
Worth in national money
$48,323
State rank
7
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $57,500, which ranks 7 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 13.43% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Vermont, this sits in the middle: 265 of 453 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $57,500 the take-home is $46,697; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $48,323 would nationally. The average comes to $59,730, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Vermont ranks 7 of 48 states publishing a median for computer numerically controlled tool operators, at $57,500 — about 13.43% 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.
- Computer numerically controlled tool operators ranks 265 of 453 occupations in Vermont by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for computer numerically controlled tool operators in Vermont, on $57,500, is $46,697 — equivalent to $48,323 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 $59,730 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,820 |
| This salary | $57,500 |
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 | $46,697 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,381 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,465 |
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 | $55,403 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,772 |
| 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 computer numerically controlled tool operators in Vermont earn under $57,500 and half over. The published range runs $44,480 at the tenth percentile to $81,820 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $46,697 take-home in Vermont comes from $57,500. 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 265 of 453.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $48,323 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 265.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer numerically controlled tool operators in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,480 to $81,820; 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.
- Retained pay of $46,697, from $57,500, 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 265 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $48,323, worked from $57,500, 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 265 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 $59,730, 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 — $44,480 at the tenth percentile, $81,820 at the ninetieth.
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 $48,323 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Vermont then takes its own share, leaving $46,697.
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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $59,730. 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 ($44,480 to $81,820) 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 $48,323 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 $46,697 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.