Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,588
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$11,832
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,314
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
$61,420
Kept after tax
$49,588
Worth in national money
$51,314
State rank
20
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont sits in the middle of the pack for earth drillers, except oil and gas. The median is $61,420, ranking 20 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Earth drillers, except oil and gas ranks 221 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $61,420 you keep $49,588 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $51,314 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $67,350, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont occupies the middle band for earth drillers, except oil and gas: a median of $61,420, ranking 20 of 48. 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 221 of 453 in Vermont places earth drillers, except oil and gas 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 $49,588 after the full tax stack, from $61,420. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $51,314 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $67,350 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,440 |
| This salary | $61,420 |
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 | $49,588 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,531 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,715 |
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 | $59,001 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,074 |
| 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 earth drillers, except oil and gas in Vermont earn under $61,420 and half over. The published range runs $57,330 at the tenth percentile to $79,440 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $49,588 take-home in Vermont comes from $61,420. 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 221 of 453.
- Two cautions on $51,314, the adjusted value of that $61,420 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 221 of 453 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for earth drillers, except oil and gas in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $57,330 to $79,440; 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 $49,588, from $61,420, 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 221 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 48 for it.
- This $51,314 adjusted figure, worked from $61,420, 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 221 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 221 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $67,350 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $57,330 and the top tenth $79,440, so most people doing this work in Vermont sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $51,314.
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 $49,588.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 $67,350. 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 ($57,330 to $79,440) 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 $51,314 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 $49,588 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.