Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,926
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$16,914
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,013
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
$76,840
Kept after tax
$59,926
Worth in national money
$62,013
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Vermont's middle earner gets $76,840, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 6.6% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 453 occupations Vermont reports figures for, this is number 135.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $76,840 you keep $59,926, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $62,013 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $83,500, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products, Vermont sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $76,840, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 6.6% 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.
- In Vermont's occupational distribution, sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products sits at 135 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.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products on $76,840 is $59,926. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $62,013 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 $83,500 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,400 |
| This salary | $76,840 |
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 | $59,926 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,887 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,703 |
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 | $72,631 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,733 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $76,840 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,620 and the ninetieth is $127,400 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $59,926, from $76,840, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 135 of 453 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $62,013, the adjusted value of that $76,840 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 135 of 453 locally.
- The Vermont median of $76,840 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,620 to $127,400. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Vermont is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $59,926 from $76,840. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 135 of 453 locally.
- This $62,013 adjusted figure, worked from $76,840, 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 135 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 135 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 $83,500, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $50,620, the highest tenth $127,400, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $62,013 in national terms.
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 $59,926.
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 $83,500. 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 ($50,620) and the ninetieth ($127,400) 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 $62,013 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 $59,926 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.