Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,379
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$8,001
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,680
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
$45,380
Kept after tax
$37,379
Worth in national money
$38,680
State rank
4
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Vermont's middle earner gets $45,380, putting the state 4 of 50 — about 15.53% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in Vermont, this one sits low: 387 of 453 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $45,380 you keep $37,379, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $38,680 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $44,510, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service, Vermont sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $45,380, ranking 4 of 50 and running about 15.53% 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.
- Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service occupies position 387 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.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service on $45,380 is $37,379. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $38,680 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 $44,510 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,840 |
| This salary | $45,380 |
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 | $37,379 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,643 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,086 |
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 | $43,807 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,313 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,380 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,430 and the ninetieth is $54,840 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $37,379, worked from $45,380. 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 387 of 453.
- Two cautions on $38,680, the adjusted value of that $45,380 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 387 of 453 locally.
- The Vermont median of $45,380 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,430 to $54,840. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Vermont take-home of $37,379, on $45,380 for work ranking 387 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 387 of 453 in the state.
- This $38,680 adjusted figure, worked from $45,380, 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 387 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 387 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,430 at the tenth percentile, $54,840 at the ninetieth.
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 $38,680.
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, $37,379 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,430 to $54,840) 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 $38,680 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 $37,379 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.