Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,899
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$9,351
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,358
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
$51,250
Kept after tax
$41,899
Worth in national money
$43,358
State rank
15
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Vermont's middle earner gets $51,250, putting the state 15 of 49 — about 7.04% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Vermont, this sits in the middle: 307 of 453 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $51,250 you keep $41,899, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $43,358 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $51,330, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics, Vermont sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $51,250, ranking 15 of 49 and running about 7.04% 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.
- Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics ranks 307 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.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics on $51,250 is $41,899. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $43,358 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 $51,330 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,390 |
| This salary | $51,250 |
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 | $41,899 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,359 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,262 |
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 | $49,432 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,526 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $51,250 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,240 and the ninetieth is $62,390 — 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 $41,899, worked from $51,250. 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 307 of 453.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,358 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 307.
- The Vermont median of $51,250 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,240 to $62,390. 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 $41,899, on $51,250 for work ranking 307 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 307 of 453 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,358, worked from $51,250, 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 307 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,240 at the tenth percentile, $62,390 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 $43,358 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $41,899.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,240 to $62,390) 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 $43,358 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 $41,899 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.