Surgical Technologists in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,027
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$11,633
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,734
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
$60,660
Kept after tax
$49,027
Worth in national money
$50,734
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Vermont pays surgical technologists a middle wage of $60,660, 39 of 51 states and about 6.17% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Vermont, this sits in the middle: 228 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 $60,660 you keep $49,027 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $50,734 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $64,550, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont's $60,660 median for surgical technologists places it 39 of 51 states, about 6.17% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Surgical technologists ranks 228 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 $49,027 after the full tax stack, from $60,660. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $50,734 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $64,550 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Surgical Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $88,460 |
| This salary | $60,660 |
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 | $49,027 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,920 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,666 |
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 | $58,304 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,015 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,660 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,510 and the ninetieth is $88,460 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $49,027, worked from $60,660. 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 228 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $50,734, the adjusted value of that $60,660 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 228 of 453 in the state.
- The Vermont median of $60,660 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,510 to $88,460. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Vermont take-home of $49,027, on $60,660 for work ranking 228 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 228 of 453 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $50,734 — the adjusted value of that $60,660 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 228 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 $64,550, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $49,510 at the tenth percentile, $88,460 at the ninetieth.
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 $50,734 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 $49,027.
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 $64,550. 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 ($49,510 to $88,460) 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 $50,734 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 $49,027 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.