Millwrights in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,623
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$12,557
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,421
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
$64,180
Kept after tax
$51,623
Worth in national money
$53,421
State rank
26
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Vermont pays millwrights around $64,180 at the midpoint, 26 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 453 occupations Vermont reports figures for, this is number 194.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $64,180 you keep $51,623, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $53,421 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $68,700, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For millwrights the Vermont median is $64,180, ranking 26 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Vermont's occupational distribution, millwrights sits at 194 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.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for millwrights on $64,180 is $51,623. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $53,421 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 $68,700 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Millwrights
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,320 |
| This salary | $64,180 |
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 | $51,623 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,749 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,890 |
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 | $61,535 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,286 |
| 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 millwrights in Vermont earn under $64,180 and half over. The published range runs $50,680 at the tenth percentile to $79,320 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $51,623 take-home in Vermont comes from $64,180. 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 194 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $53,421, the adjusted value of that $64,180 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 194 of 453 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for millwrights in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,680 to $79,320; 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 $51,623, from $64,180, 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 194 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $53,421 — the adjusted value of that $64,180 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 194 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $68,700, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $50,680 and the top tenth $79,320, so most people doing this work in Vermont sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $53,421 in national terms.
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 $51,623 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 $68,700. 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 ($50,680 to $79,320) 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 $53,421 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 $51,623 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.