Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,064
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$15,286
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,051
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
$72,350
Kept after tax
$57,064
Worth in national money
$59,051
State rank
4
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Vermont's middle earner gets $72,350, putting the state 4 of 49 — about 25.72% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 453 occupations Vermont reports figures for, this is number 161.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $72,350 you keep $57,064, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $59,051 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $68,940, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For motorboat mechanics and service technicians, Vermont sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $72,350, ranking 4 of 49 and running about 25.72% 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, motorboat mechanics and service technicians sits at 161 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 motorboat mechanics and service technicians on $72,350 is $57,064. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $59,051 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 $68,940 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $72,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,710 |
| This salary | $72,350 |
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 | $57,064 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,728 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,414 |
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 | $68,562 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,335 |
| 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 $72,350. The published range is $53,290 up to $78,710, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $57,064, from $72,350, 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 161 of 453 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $59,051, the adjusted value of that $72,350 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 161 of 453 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for motorboat mechanics and service technicians in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $53,290 to $78,710. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Vermont is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $57,064 from $72,350. 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 161 of 453 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $59,051 — the adjusted value of that $72,350 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 161 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 $68,940, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $53,290 at the tenth percentile, $78,710 at the ninetieth.
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 $59,051 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $57,064 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 $68,940. 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 ($53,290 to $78,710) 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 $59,051 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 $57,064 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.