Construction Laborers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,843
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$8,737
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,230
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
$48,580
Kept after tax
$39,843
Worth in national money
$41,230
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Vermont is 24 of 51 states for construction laborers, with a middle wage of $48,580. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Vermont this is lower-paid work. Of 453 occupations the state publishes figures for, construction laborers ranks 340. 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 $48,580 you keep $39,843, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $41,230 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $51,000, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Vermont ranks 24 of 51 for construction laborers at $48,580. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Vermont reports, construction laborers ranks 340 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 construction laborers on $48,580 is $39,843. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $41,230 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 $51,000 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Construction Laborers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,710 |
| This salary | $48,580 |
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 | $39,843 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,214 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,182 |
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 | $46,874 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,429 |
| 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 construction laborers in Vermont earn under $48,580 and half over. The published range runs $39,130 at the tenth percentile to $61,710 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,843 take-home in Vermont comes from $48,580. 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 340 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,230, the adjusted value of that $48,580 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 340 of 453 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for construction laborers in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,130 to $61,710; 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 $39,843, from $48,580, 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 340 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $41,230 — the adjusted value of that $48,580 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 340 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $51,000, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,130 at the tenth percentile, $61,710 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 $41,230.
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, $39,843 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 $51,000. 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 ($39,130 to $61,710) 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 $41,230 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 $39,843 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.