Stockers and Order Fillers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,026
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$6,104
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,107
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
$37,130
Kept after tax
$31,026
Worth in national money
$32,107
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont sits in the middle of the pack for stockers and order fillers. The median is $37,130, ranking 24 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Vermont, this one sits low: 436 of 453 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $37,130 you keep $31,026 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $32,107 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $39,600, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont occupies the middle band for stockers and order fillers: a median of $37,130, ranking 24 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Stockers and order fillers occupies position 436 of 453 in Vermont's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $31,026 after the full tax stack, from $37,130. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $32,107 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $39,600 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Stockers and Order Fillers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,200 |
| This salary | $37,130 |
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 | $31,026 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,014 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$838 |
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 | $35,901 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,013 |
| 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 $37,130. The published range is $30,680 up to $49,200, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $31,026, worked from $37,130. 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 436 of 453.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $32,107 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 436.
- Reported values are medians; for stockers and order fillers in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,680 to $49,200. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Vermont take-home of $31,026, on $37,130 for work ranking 436 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 436 of 453 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $32,107, worked from $37,130, 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 436 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $39,600 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $30,680 at the tenth percentile, $49,200 at the ninetieth.
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 $32,107 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $31,026 remains.
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 $39,600. 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 ($30,680 to $49,200) 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 $32,107 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 $31,026 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.