Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$24,990
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$4,300
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$25,860
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
$29,290
Kept after tax
$24,990
Worth in national money
$25,860
State rank
46
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 $29,290, 46 of 51 states and about 21.22% 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 453. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $29,290 you keep $24,990 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $25,860 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $33,450, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont's $29,290 median for motor vehicle operators, all other places it 46 of 51 states, about 21.22% 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, motor vehicle operators, all other ranks 453 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.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $24,990 after the full tax stack, from $29,290. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $25,860 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $33,450 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $29,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,970 |
| This salary | $29,290 |
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 | $24,990 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $25,715 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$602 |
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 | $28,390 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$728 |
| 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 $29,290. The published range is $29,140 up to $45,970, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $24,990 take-home in Vermont comes from $29,290. 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 453 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $25,860, the adjusted value of that $29,290 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 453 of 453 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for motor vehicle operators, all other in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,140 to $45,970. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $24,990, from $29,290, 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 453 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $25,860 — the adjusted value of that $29,290 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 453 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 $33,450, 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 $29,140 and the top tenth $45,970, so most people doing this work in Vermont sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $25,860 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $24,990 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 $33,450. 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 ($29,140 to $45,970) 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 $25,860 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 $24,990 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.