Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,904
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$8,756
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,294
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
$48,660
Kept after tax
$39,904
Worth in national money
$41,294
State rank
12
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Vermont's middle earner gets $48,660, putting the state 12 of 48 — about 5.39% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 453 occupations Vermont reports figures for, this is number 337.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $48,660 you keep $39,904, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $41,294 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $51,060, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic, Vermont sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $48,660, ranking 12 of 48 and running about 5.39% 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.
- In Vermont's occupational distribution, molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic sits at 337 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 molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic on $48,660 is $39,904. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $41,294 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 $51,060 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,650 |
| This salary | $48,660 |
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 | $39,904 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,278 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,184 |
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 | $46,950 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,432 |
| 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 $48,660. The published range is $39,540 up to $63,650, 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 $39,904, worked from $48,660. 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 337 of 453.
- Two cautions on $41,294, the adjusted value of that $48,660 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 337 of 453 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,540 to $63,650. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Vermont take-home of $39,904, on $48,660 for work ranking 337 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 337 of 453 in the state.
- This $41,294 adjusted figure, worked from $48,660, 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 337 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 337 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $51,060 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,540 at the tenth percentile, $63,650 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 $41,294.
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 $39,904.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $51,060. 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 ($39,540 to $63,650) 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 $41,294 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 $39,904 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.