Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,408
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$11,412
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,093
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
$59,820
Kept after tax
$48,408
Worth in national money
$50,093
State rank
20
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont sits in the middle of the pack for drywall and ceiling tile installers. The median is $59,820, ranking 20 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Drywall and ceiling tile installers ranks 236 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $59,820 you keep $48,408, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $50,093 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $57,080, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Vermont occupies the middle band for drywall and ceiling tile installers: a median of $59,820, ranking 20 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 236 of 453 in Vermont places drywall and ceiling tile installers 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.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for drywall and ceiling tile installers on $59,820 is $48,408. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $50,093 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 $57,080 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,280 |
| This salary | $59,820 |
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 | $48,408 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,245 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,613 |
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 | $57,533 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,950 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Vermont earn less than $59,820. The published range is $47,590 up to $71,280, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $48,408 take-home in Vermont comes from $59,820. 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 236 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $50,093, the adjusted value of that $59,820 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 236 of 453 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for drywall and ceiling tile installers in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,590 to $71,280. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $48,408, from $59,820, 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 236 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $50,093 — the adjusted value of that $59,820 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 236 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 $57,080, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $47,590 at the bottom tenth to $71,280 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Vermont is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $50,093 in national terms.
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 $48,408.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $57,080. 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 ($47,590 to $71,280) 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 $50,093 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 $48,408 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.