Machinists in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,517
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$12,163
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,276
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
$62,680
Kept after tax
$50,517
Worth in national money
$52,276
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is one of the better-paying states for machinists. The middle earner takes $62,680, which ranks 9 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 6.69% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Vermont, this sits in the middle: 209 of 453 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $62,680 you keep $50,517, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $52,276 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $62,800, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Vermont ranks 9 of 51 states publishing a median for machinists, at $62,680 — about 6.69% 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.
- Machinists ranks 209 of 453 occupations in Vermont by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for machinists on $62,680 is $50,517. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $52,276 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 $62,800 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Machinists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,690 |
| This salary | $62,680 |
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 | $50,517 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,543 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,795 |
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 | $60,158 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,171 |
| 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 $62,680. The published range is $40,670 up to $95,690, 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 $50,517, worked from $62,680. 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 209 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,276, the adjusted value of that $62,680 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 209 of 453 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for machinists in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,670 to $95,690. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Vermont take-home of $50,517, on $62,680 for work ranking 209 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 209 of 453 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $52,276 — the adjusted value of that $62,680 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 209 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $40,670 and the top tenth $95,690 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $52,276 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $50,517 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($40,670) and the ninetieth ($95,690) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $52,276 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 $50,517 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.