Sheet Metal Workers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,250
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$11,000
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,895
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
$58,250
Kept after tax
$47,250
Worth in national money
$48,895
State rank
34
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is among the lower-paying states for sheet metal workers. The middle earner takes $58,250, ranking 34 of 50 states — about 5.74% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Vermont, this sits in the middle: 260 of 453 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $58,250 you keep $47,250 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $48,895 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $59,740, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont ranks 34 of 50 for sheet metal workers, with a median of $58,250 — about 5.74% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Sheet metal workers ranks 260 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.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $47,250 after the full tax stack, from $58,250. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $48,895 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $59,740 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sheet Metal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,940 |
| This salary | $58,250 |
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 | $47,250 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,984 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,513 |
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 | $56,092 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,830 |
| 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 sheet metal workers in Vermont earn under $58,250 and half over. The published range runs $42,920 at the tenth percentile to $82,940 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 $47,250, worked from $58,250. 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 260 of 453.
- Two cautions on $48,895, the adjusted value of that $58,250 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 260 of 453 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for sheet metal workers in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,920 to $82,940; 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 $47,250, on $58,250 for work ranking 260 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 260 of 453 in the state.
- This $48,895 adjusted figure, worked from $58,250, 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 260 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 260 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $42,920 at the tenth percentile, $82,940 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $48,895.
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, $47,250 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,920 to $82,940) 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 $48,895 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 $47,250 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.