Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,286
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$27,354
25.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,012
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
$105,640
Kept after tax
$78,286
Worth in national money
$81,012
State rank
19
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Vermont pays this job around $105,640 at the midpoint, 19 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Vermont. It ranks 41 out of 453 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $105,640 you keep $78,286, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $81,012 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $105,450, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay the Vermont median is $105,640, ranking 19 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Vermont, electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay ranks 41 of 453 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay on $105,640 is $78,286. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $81,012 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 $105,450 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $86,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $125,840 |
| This salary | $105,640 |
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 | $78,286 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,148 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,553 |
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 | $98,729 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,289 |
| 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 electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in Vermont earn under $105,640 and half over. The published range runs $86,170 at the tenth percentile to $125,840 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $78,286, worked from $105,640. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 41 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $81,012, the adjusted value of that $105,640 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 41 of 453 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $86,170 to $125,840; 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.
- The Vermont take-home of $78,286, on $105,640 for work ranking 41 of 453 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 41 of 453 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $81,012 — the adjusted value of that $105,640 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 41 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $86,170 at the bottom tenth to $125,840 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 $81,012 in national terms.
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, $78,286 remains.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($86,170 to $125,840) 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 $81,012 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 $78,286 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.