Industrial Machinery Mechanics in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,886
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$12,294
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,658
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
$63,180
Kept after tax
$50,886
Worth in national money
$52,658
State rank
37
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Vermont pays this job a middle wage of $63,180, 37 of 51 states and about 2.08% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 453 occupations Vermont reports figures for, this is number 203.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $63,180 you keep $50,886 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $52,658 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $67,380, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont's $63,180 median for industrial machinery mechanics places it 37 of 51 states, about 2.08% 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.
- In Vermont's occupational distribution, industrial machinery mechanics sits at 203 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.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $50,886 after the full tax stack, from $63,180. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,658 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $67,380 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $86,210 |
| This salary | $63,180 |
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 | $50,886 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,945 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,827 |
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 | $60,617 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,209 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of industrial machinery mechanics in Vermont earn under $63,180 and half over. The published range runs $50,170 at the tenth percentile to $86,210 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $50,886 take-home in Vermont comes from $63,180. 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 203 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,658, the adjusted value of that $63,180 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 203 of 453 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for industrial machinery mechanics in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,170 to $86,210; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $50,886, from $63,180, 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 203 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $52,658 — the adjusted value of that $63,180 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 203 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 $67,380 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $50,170 at the tenth percentile, $86,210 at the ninetieth.
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 $52,658 in national terms.
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, $50,886 remains.
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 $67,380. 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 ($50,170 to $86,210) 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 $52,658 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 $50,886 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.