Bill and Account Collectors in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,793
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$10,837
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,422
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
$57,630
Kept after tax
$46,793
Worth in national money
$48,422
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays bill and account collectors a middle wage of $57,630, ranking 6 of 51 states and sitting about 22.54% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Bill and account collectors ranks 262 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $57,630 you keep $46,793 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $48,422 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $58,210, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont's median for bill and account collectors is $57,630, about 22.54% above the national figure and 6 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.
- Position 262 of 453 in Vermont places bill and account collectors in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $46,793 after the full tax stack, from $57,630. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $48,422 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $58,210 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Bill and Account Collectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,720 |
| This salary | $57,630 |
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 | $46,793 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,486 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,473 |
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 | $55,523 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,782 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $57,630 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,780 and the ninetieth is $74,720 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $46,793 take-home in Vermont comes from $57,630. 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 262 of 453.
- Two cautions on $48,422, the adjusted value of that $57,630 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Vermont. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 262 of 453 locally.
- The Vermont median of $57,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,780 to $74,720. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $46,793, from $57,630, 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 262 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 51 for it.
- This $48,422 adjusted figure, worked from $57,630, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 262 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 262 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $48,780 at the tenth percentile, $74,720 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $48,422.
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, $46,793 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,780 to $74,720) 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 $48,422 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 $46,793 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.