Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,798
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$6,932
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,975
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
$40,730
Kept after tax
$33,798
Worth in national money
$34,975
State rank
8
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Vermont's middle earner gets $40,730, putting the state 8 of 49 — about 11.07% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Vermont this is lower-paid work. Of 453 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 411. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $40,730 you keep $33,798 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $34,975 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,190, since top earners drag the number up.
- For farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals, Vermont sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $40,730, ranking 8 of 49 and running about 11.07% 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.
- Against every occupation Vermont reports, farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals ranks 411 of 453, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $33,798 after the full tax stack, from $40,730. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $34,975 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,190 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,860 |
| This salary | $40,730 |
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 | $33,798 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,907 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$946 |
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 | $39,351 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,144 |
| 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 $40,730. The published range is $31,490 up to $74,860, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $33,798, from $40,730, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 411 of 453 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $34,975 uses one figure for the whole of Vermont. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 453 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 411.
- Reported values are medians; for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,490 to $74,860. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Vermont is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $33,798 from $40,730. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 411 of 453 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $34,975, worked from $40,730, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Vermont address, on work sitting at 411 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $48,190, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $31,490 and the top tenth $74,860 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Vermont sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $34,975 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $33,798 remains.
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 $48,190. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($31,490) and the ninetieth ($74,860) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $34,975 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 $33,798 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.