Architects, Except Landscape and Naval in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,470
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$18,930
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,681
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
$82,400
Kept after tax
$63,470
Worth in national money
$65,681
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Vermont. The middle earner gets $82,400. That is 45 of 51 states, and about 17% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 453 occupations Vermont reports, this job comes in at 101 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $82,400 the take-home is $63,470; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $65,681 would nationally. The average comes to $88,410, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For architects, except landscape and naval, Vermont sits in the lower band at $82,400, ranking 45 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 17%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Architects, except landscape and naval ranks 101 of 453 occupations by median in Vermont, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for architects, except landscape and naval in Vermont, on $82,400, is $63,470 — equivalent to $65,681 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $88,410 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,530 |
| This salary | $82,400 |
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 | $63,470 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,798 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,060 |
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 | $77,669 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,226 |
| 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 architects, except landscape and naval in Vermont earn under $82,400 and half over. The published range runs $56,990 at the tenth percentile to $121,530 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $63,470, from $82,400, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 101 of 453 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $65,681, the adjusted value of that $82,400 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 101 of 453 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for architects, except landscape and naval in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $56,990 to $121,530; 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.
- Take-home for Vermont is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $63,470 from $82,400. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 101 of 453 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $65,681 — the adjusted value of that $82,400 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 101 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $88,410, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $56,990 at the bottom tenth to $121,530 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $65,681 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Vermont adds its own income tax on top — which is why $63,470 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $88,410. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($56,990) and the ninetieth ($121,530) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $65,681 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 $63,470 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.