Food Batchmakers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,075
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$9,105
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,505
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
$50,180
Kept after tax
$41,075
Worth in national money
$42,505
State rank
1
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is one of the better-paying states for food batchmakers. The middle earner takes $50,180, which ranks 1 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 18.66% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Food batchmakers ranks 315 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $50,180 the take-home is $41,075; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,505 would nationally. The average lands at $49,570, below the middle of the range.
- Vermont ranks 1 of 50 states publishing a median for food batchmakers, at $50,180 — about 18.66% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 315 of 453 in Vermont places food batchmakers 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.
- Post-tax income for food batchmakers in Vermont, on $50,180, is $41,075 — equivalent to $42,505 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $49,570 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Food Batchmakers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,070 |
| This salary | $50,180 |
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 | $41,075 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,500 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,230 |
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 | $48,407 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,488 |
| 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 $50,180. The published range is $36,750 up to $62,070, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $41,075, worked from $50,180. 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 315 of 453.
- Two cautions on $42,505, the adjusted value of that $50,180 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 315 of 453 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for food batchmakers in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,750 to $62,070. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Vermont take-home of $41,075, on $50,180 for work ranking 315 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 315 of 453 in the state.
- This $42,505 adjusted figure, worked from $50,180, 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 315 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 315 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,750 and the top tenth $62,070, so most people doing this work in Vermont sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $42,505 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 $41,075.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,750 to $62,070) 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 $42,505 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 $41,075 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.