First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,798
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$9,022
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,218
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
$49,820
Kept after tax
$40,798
Worth in national money
$42,218
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Vermont's middle earner gets $49,820, putting the state 5 of 51 — about 13.02% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 453 occupations Vermont reports figures for, this is number 321.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,820 you keep $40,798, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,218 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $52,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers, Vermont sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $49,820, ranking 5 of 51 and running about 13.02% 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.
- In Vermont's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers sits at 321 of 453 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers on $49,820 is $40,798. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,218 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 $52,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,300 |
| This salary | $49,820 |
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 | $40,798 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,210 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,219 |
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 | $48,062 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,474 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,820 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,700 and the ninetieth is $66,300 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $40,798, worked from $49,820. 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 321 of 453.
- Two cautions on $42,218, the adjusted value of that $49,820 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 321 of 453 locally.
- The Vermont median of $49,820 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,700 to $66,300. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Vermont take-home of $40,798, on $49,820 for work ranking 321 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 321 of 453 in the state.
- This $42,218 adjusted figure, worked from $49,820, 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 321 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 321 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 $52,200, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,700 at the bottom tenth to $66,300 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 $42,218.
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 $40,798 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $52,200. 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 ($37,700 to $66,300) 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 $42,218 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 $40,798 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.