Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,966
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$8,774
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,358
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
$48,740
Kept after tax
$39,966
Worth in national money
$41,358
State rank
30
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $48,740, ranking 30 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Vermont, this sits in the middle: 336 of 453 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,740 the take-home is $39,966; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,358 would nationally. The average comes to $54,620, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Vermont occupies the middle band for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers: a median of $48,740, ranking 30 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers ranks 336 of 453 occupations in Vermont by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers in Vermont, on $48,740, is $39,966 — equivalent to $41,358 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 $54,620 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,880 |
| This salary | $48,740 |
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 | $39,966 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,343 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,187 |
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 | $47,027 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,435 |
| 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 morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers in Vermont earn under $48,740 and half over. The published range runs $45,490 at the tenth percentile to $81,880 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,966 take-home in Vermont comes from $48,740. 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 336 of 453.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,358 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 336.
- Figures are distribution medians for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,490 to $81,880; 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 $39,966, from $48,740, 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 336 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,358, worked from $48,740, 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 336 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 $54,620, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $45,490, the highest tenth $81,880, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $41,358 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 $39,966 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $54,620. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($45,490) and the ninetieth ($81,880) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $41,358 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 $39,966 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.