Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,965
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$11,255
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,635
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
$59,220
Kept after tax
$47,965
Worth in national money
$49,635
State rank
2
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Vermont's middle earner gets $59,220, putting the state 2 of 46 — about 24.1% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 245 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $59,220 you keep $47,965, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $49,635 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $59,370, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, Vermont sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $59,220, ranking 2 of 46 and running about 24.1% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 245 of 453 in Vermont places extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 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 extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic on $59,220 is $47,965. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $49,635 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 $59,370 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,510 |
| This salary | $59,220 |
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 | $47,965 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,763 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,575 |
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 | $56,982 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,904 |
| 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 extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Vermont earn under $59,220 and half over. The published range runs $42,350 at the tenth percentile to $78,510 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 $47,965, worked from $59,220. 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 245 of 453.
- Two cautions on $49,635, the adjusted value of that $59,220 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 245 of 453 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,350 to $78,510; 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 $47,965, on $59,220 for work ranking 245 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 245 of 453 in the state.
- This $49,635 adjusted figure, worked from $59,220, 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 245 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 245 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $42,350 at the tenth percentile, $78,510 at the ninetieth.
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 $49,635 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 $47,965.
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 46 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 ($42,350 to $78,510) 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 $49,635 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 $47,965 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.