Funeral Attendants in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,852
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$6,948
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,031
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
$40,800
Kept after tax
$33,852
Worth in national money
$35,031
State rank
12
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays funeral attendants a middle wage of $40,800, ranking 12 of 48 states and sitting about 14.35% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Vermont, this one sits low: 410 of 453 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $40,800 you keep $33,852 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $35,031 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $39,480.
- Vermont's median for funeral attendants is $40,800, about 14.35% above the national figure and 12 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Funeral attendants occupies position 410 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.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $33,852 after the full tax stack, from $40,800. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $35,031 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $39,480 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Funeral Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,110 |
| This salary | $40,800 |
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 | $33,852 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,963 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$948 |
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 | $39,418 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,147 |
| 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 $40,800. The published range is $32,910 up to $47,110, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $33,852, from $40,800, 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 410 of 453 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $35,031, the adjusted value of that $40,800 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 410 of 453 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for funeral attendants in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,910 to $47,110. 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 $33,852 from $40,800. 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 410 of 453 locally.
- This $35,031 adjusted figure, worked from $40,800, 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 410 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 410 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $39,480 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $32,910 and the top tenth $47,110, so most people doing this work in Vermont sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $35,031 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $33,852.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $39,480. 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 ($32,910 to $47,110) 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 $35,031 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 $33,852 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.