Prepress Technicians and Workers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,464
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$10,416
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,047
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
$55,880
Kept after tax
$45,464
Worth in national money
$47,047
State rank
5
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays prepress technicians and workers a middle wage of $55,880, ranking 5 of 45 states and sitting about 14.77% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 453 occupations Vermont reports figures for, this is number 274.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $55,880 you keep $45,464 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $47,047 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $56,470, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont's median for prepress technicians and workers is $55,880, about 14.77% above the national figure and 5 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Vermont's occupational distribution, prepress technicians and workers sits at 274 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.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $45,464 after the full tax stack, from $55,880. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $47,047 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $56,470 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Prepress Technicians and Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,610 |
| This salary | $55,880 |
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 | $45,464 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,080 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,401 |
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 | $53,869 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,695 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $55,880 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,690 and the ninetieth is $58,610 — 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 $45,464, worked from $55,880. 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 274 of 453.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $47,047 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 274.
- The Vermont median of $55,880 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,690 to $58,610. 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 $45,464, on $55,880 for work ranking 274 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 274 of 453 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $47,047, worked from $55,880, 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 274 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $49,690 and the top tenth $58,610, so most people doing this work in Vermont sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $47,047 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, $45,464 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 ($49,690 to $58,610) 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 $47,047 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 $45,464 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.