Medical Equipment Preparers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,159
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$8,831
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,557
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
$48,990
Kept after tax
$40,159
Worth in national money
$41,557
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays medical equipment preparers a middle wage of $48,990, ranking 11 of 51 states and sitting about 2.7% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Medical equipment preparers ranks 330 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $48,990 you keep $40,159, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $41,557 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $53,530, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Vermont's median for medical equipment preparers is $48,990, about 2.7% above the national figure and 11 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 330 of 453 in Vermont places medical equipment preparers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for medical equipment preparers on $48,990 is $40,159. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $41,557 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 $53,530 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Preparers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,330 |
| This salary | $48,990 |
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 | $40,159 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,543 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,194 |
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 | $47,266 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,444 |
| 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 medical equipment preparers in Vermont earn under $48,990 and half over. The published range runs $39,560 at the tenth percentile to $73,330 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $40,159, from $48,990, 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 330 of 453 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,557 uses one figure for the whole of Vermont. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 453 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 330.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical equipment preparers in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,560 to $73,330; 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.
- Take-home for Vermont is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,159 from $48,990. 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 330 of 453 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,557, worked from $48,990, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Vermont address, on work sitting at 330 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $53,530, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,560 at the tenth percentile, $73,330 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 $41,557 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, $40,159 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $53,530. 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 ($39,560 to $73,330) 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 $41,557 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 $40,159 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.