Production Workers, All Other in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,295
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$8,275
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,629
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
$46,570
Kept after tax
$38,295
Worth in national money
$39,629
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays production workers, all other a middle wage of $46,570, ranking 9 of 51 states and sitting about 16.11% above the national middle.
- Within Vermont this is lower-paid work. Of 453 occupations the state publishes figures for, production workers, all other ranks 362. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,570 you keep $38,295 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $39,629 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $52,110, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont's median for production workers, all other is $46,570, about 16.11% above the national figure and 9 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Against every occupation Vermont reports, production workers, all other ranks 362 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 $38,295 after the full tax stack, from $46,570. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $39,629 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $52,110 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Production Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,580 |
| This salary | $46,570 |
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 | $38,295 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,599 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,122 |
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 | $44,947 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,356 |
| 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 $46,570. The published range is $39,000 up to $79,580, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $38,295 take-home in Vermont comes from $46,570. 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 362 of 453.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,629 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 362.
- Reported values are medians; for production workers, all other in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,000 to $79,580. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $38,295, from $46,570, 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 362 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,629, worked from $46,570, 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 362 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $52,110, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $39,000 and the top tenth $79,580 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $39,629 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 $38,295 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $52,110. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($39,000) and the ninetieth ($79,580) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $39,629 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 $38,295 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.