Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,738
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$9,602
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,226
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
$52,340
Kept after tax
$42,738
Worth in national money
$44,226
State rank
3
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays this job a middle wage of $52,340, ranking 3 of 45 states and sitting about 14.38% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Vermont, this sits in the middle: 299 of 453 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $52,340 you keep $42,738 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,226 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $51,620.
- Vermont's median for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders is $52,340, about 14.38% above the national figure and 3 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders ranks 299 of 453 occupations in Vermont by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $42,738 after the full tax stack, from $52,340. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,226 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $51,620 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,810 |
| This salary | $52,340 |
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 | $42,738 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,235 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,295 |
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 | $50,477 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,566 |
| 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, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Vermont earn under $52,340 and half over. The published range runs $44,400 at the tenth percentile to $61,810 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $42,738 take-home in Vermont comes from $52,340. 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 299 of 453.
- Two cautions on $44,226, the adjusted value of that $52,340 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 299 of 453 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,400 to $61,810; 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 $42,738, from $52,340, 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 299 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 45 for it.
- This $44,226 adjusted figure, worked from $52,340, 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 299 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 299 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $44,400 at the bottom tenth to $61,810 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $44,226.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Vermont adds its own income tax on top — which is why $42,738 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($44,400 to $61,810) 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 $44,226 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 $42,738 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.