Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,265
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$6,175
16.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,354
Vermont costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the bottom tenth 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
$37,440
Kept after tax
$31,265
Worth in national money
$32,354
State rank
43
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Vermont pays this job a middle wage of $37,440, 43 of 48 states and about 11.61% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Vermont this is lower-paid work. Of 453 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 431. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $37,440 you keep $31,265, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $32,354 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $38,060, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Vermont's $37,440 median for helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters places it 43 of 48 states, about 11.61% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Vermont reports, helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ranks 431 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.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters on $37,440 is $31,265. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $32,354 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 $38,060 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $38,780 |
| This salary | $37,440 |
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 | $31,265 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,263 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$847 |
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 | $36,198 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,025 |
| 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 $37,440. The published range is $37,440 up to $38,780, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $31,265, from $37,440, 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 431 of 453 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $32,354, the adjusted value of that $37,440 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 431 of 453 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,440 to $38,780. 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 $31,265 from $37,440. 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 431 of 453 locally.
- This $32,354 adjusted figure, worked from $37,440, 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 431 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 431 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,440 and the top tenth $38,780, 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 $32,354 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, $31,265 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,440 to $38,780) 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 $32,354 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 $31,265 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.