Motorcycle Mechanics in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,143
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$8,827
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,541
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
$48,970
Kept after tax
$40,143
Worth in national money
$41,541
State rank
18
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont sits in the middle of the pack for motorcycle mechanics. The median is $48,970, ranking 18 of 45 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Motorcycle mechanics ranks 331 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $48,970 you keep $40,143 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,541 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $50,230, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont occupies the middle band for motorcycle mechanics: a median of $48,970, ranking 18 of 45. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 331 of 453 in Vermont places motorcycle mechanics in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $40,143 after the full tax stack, from $48,970. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,541 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $50,230 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Motorcycle Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,530 |
| This salary | $48,970 |
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 | $40,143 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,527 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,194 |
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 | $47,247 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,444 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,970 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,330 and the ninetieth is $56,530 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $40,143, worked from $48,970. 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 331 of 453.
- Two cautions on $41,541, the adjusted value of that $48,970 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 331 of 453 locally.
- The Vermont median of $48,970 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,330 to $56,530. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Vermont take-home of $40,143, on $48,970 for work ranking 331 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 331 of 453 in the state.
- This $41,541 adjusted figure, worked from $48,970, 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 331 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 331 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,330 at the tenth percentile, $56,530 at the ninetieth.
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 $41,541 in national terms.
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, $40,143 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,330 to $56,530) 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 $41,541 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 $40,143 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.