Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,226
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$8,254
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,557
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
$46,480
Kept after tax
$38,226
Worth in national money
$39,557
State rank
11
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $46,480, which ranks 11 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 7.15% above the national middle.
- Within Vermont this is lower-paid work. Of 453 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 363. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $46,480 you keep $38,226, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $39,557 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $47,050, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Vermont ranks 11 of 47 states publishing a median for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing, at $46,480 — about 7.15% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Against every occupation Vermont reports, woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing ranks 363 of 453, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing on $46,480 is $38,226. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $39,557 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 $47,050 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,560 |
| This salary | $46,480 |
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 | $38,226 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,527 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,119 |
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 | $44,861 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,353 |
| 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 woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Vermont earn under $46,480 and half over. The published range runs $39,120 at the tenth percentile to $56,560 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 $38,226, worked from $46,480. 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 363 of 453.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,557 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 363.
- Figures are distribution medians for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,120 to $56,560; 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 $38,226, on $46,480 for work ranking 363 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 363 of 453 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,557, worked from $46,480, 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 363 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,120 at the bottom tenth to $56,560 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $39,557 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $38,226.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,120 to $56,560) 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 $39,557 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 $38,226 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.