Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,088
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$18,712
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,285
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
$81,800
Kept after tax
$63,088
Worth in national money
$65,285
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays this job a middle wage of $81,800, ranking 4 of 51 states and sitting about 28.03% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Vermont. It ranks 107 out of 453 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $81,800 you keep $63,088 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $65,285 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $75,800.
- Vermont's median for telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers is $81,800, about 28.03% above the national figure and 4 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Vermont, telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers ranks 107 of 453 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $63,088 after the full tax stack, from $81,800. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $65,285 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $75,800 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,820 |
| This salary | $81,800 |
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 | $63,088 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,376 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,021 |
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 | $77,126 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,173 |
| 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 telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers in Vermont earn under $81,800 and half over. The published range runs $49,910 at the tenth percentile to $90,820 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $63,088 take-home in Vermont comes from $81,800. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 107 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $65,285, the adjusted value of that $81,800 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 107 of 453 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,910 to $90,820; 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.
- Retained pay of $63,088, from $81,800, assumes a single Vermont filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 107 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $65,285 — the adjusted value of that $81,800 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 107 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 $75,800, 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 — $49,910 at the tenth percentile, $90,820 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 $65,285 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, $63,088 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $75,800. 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 ($49,910 to $90,820) 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 $65,285 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 $63,088 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.