How much do Food Processing Workers, All Other make in Burlington-South Burlington, VT?

Percentile spread

For Food Processing Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $33,500 and the 90th percentile is $62,310. The difference is $28,810, which is 69.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $33,900 to the 75th at $50,820, covers $16,920.

The mean annual wage is $44,810, which sits above the median of $41,480. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Burlington-South Burlington, VT median is 4.5% higher than the national median of $39,680 for Food Processing Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $41,090, which is 3.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.2% lower than the Vermont median of $43,300.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Burlington-South Burlington, VT is 100.949, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $41,480 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Food Processing Workers, All Other at $41,090 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Food Processing Workers, All Other. Burlington-South Burlington, VT ranks 2nd of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Portland-South Portland, ME is 148 miles away, with a median of $35,520. That median is 14.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,872, against $41,090 here.
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 181 miles away, with a median of $44,310 and employment of 170. That median is 6.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,927, against $41,090 here.

Employment share

Food Processing Workers, All Other accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Burlington-South Burlington, VT (50 of 120,150). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (65,000 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.00 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.