Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,301
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$7,679
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,565
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
$43,980
Kept after tax
$36,301
Worth in national money
$37,565
State rank
36
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 $43,980, 36 of 51 states and about 1.5% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Vermont this is lower-paid work. Of 453 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 397. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $43,980 the take-home is $36,301; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $37,565 would nationally. The average comes to $45,480, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Vermont's $43,980 median for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators places it 36 of 51 states, about 1.5% 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.
- Against every occupation Vermont reports, miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ranks 397 of 453, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators in Vermont, on $43,980, is $36,301 — equivalent to $37,565 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $45,480 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,420 |
| This salary | $43,980 |
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 | $36,301 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,518 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,044 |
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 | $42,465 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,262 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $43,980 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,100 and the ninetieth is $60,420 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $36,301, from $43,980, 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 397 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 $37,565 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 397.
- The Vermont median of $43,980 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,100 to $60,420. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Vermont is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $36,301 from $43,980. 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 397 of 453 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $37,565, worked from $43,980, 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 397 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 $45,480, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,100 at the bottom tenth to $60,420 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $37,565 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Vermont then takes its own share, leaving $36,301.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $45,480. 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 ($35,100 to $60,420) 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 $37,565 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 $36,301 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.