Roofers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,832
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$11,208
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,498
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
$59,040
Kept after tax
$47,832
Worth in national money
$49,498
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Vermont pays roofers around $59,040 at the midpoint, 19 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Roofers ranks 247 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $59,040 you keep $47,832 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $49,498 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $56,330.
- For roofers the Vermont median is $59,040, ranking 19 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 247 of 453 in Vermont places roofers 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 $47,832 after the full tax stack, from $59,040. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $49,498 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $56,330 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Roofers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,250 |
| This salary | $59,040 |
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 | $47,832 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,619 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,563 |
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 | $56,817 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,890 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of roofers in Vermont earn under $59,040 and half over. The published range runs $45,380 at the tenth percentile to $63,250 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $47,832, worked from $59,040. 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 247 of 453.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,498 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 247.
- Figures are distribution medians for roofers in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,380 to $63,250; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Vermont take-home of $47,832, on $59,040 for work ranking 247 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 247 of 453 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,498, worked from $59,040, 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 247 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 $56,330, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $45,380 at the bottom tenth to $63,250 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $49,498 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 $47,832 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $56,330. 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 ($45,380 to $63,250) 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 $49,498 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 $47,832 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.