Food Processing Workers, All Other in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,777
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$7,523
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,023
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
$43,300
Kept after tax
$35,777
Worth in national money
$37,023
State rank
10
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for food processing workers, all other is strong here. Vermont's middle earner gets $43,300, putting the state 10 of 46 — about 9.12% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in Vermont, this one sits low: 400 of 453 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $43,300 the take-home is $35,777; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $37,023 would nationally. The average comes to $44,710, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For food processing workers, all other, Vermont sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $43,300, ranking 10 of 46 and running about 9.12% 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.
- Food processing workers, all other occupies position 400 of 453 in Vermont's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Post-tax income for food processing workers, all other in Vermont, on $43,300, is $35,777 — equivalent to $37,023 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 $44,710 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Food Processing Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,090 |
| This salary | $43,300 |
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 | $35,777 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,972 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,023 |
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 | $41,814 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,238 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $43,300 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,900 and the ninetieth is $51,090 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $35,777 take-home in Vermont comes from $43,300. 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 400 of 453.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $37,023 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 400.
- The Vermont median of $43,300 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,900 to $51,090. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $35,777, from $43,300, 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 400 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 46 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $37,023, worked from $43,300, 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 400 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 $44,710, 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 $33,900 at the bottom tenth to $51,090 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 $37,023.
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 $35,777 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 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 $44,710. 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 ($33,900 to $51,090) 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 $37,023 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 $35,777 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.