Biological Scientists, All Other in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,640
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$17,320
22.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,751
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
$77,960
Kept after tax
$60,640
Worth in national money
$62,751
State rank
43
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is among the lower-paying states for biological scientists, all other. The middle earner takes $77,960, ranking 43 of 50 states — about 21.19% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Vermont, this sits in the middle: 128 of 453 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $77,960 you keep $60,640, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $62,751 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $79,540, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Vermont ranks 43 of 50 for biological scientists, all other, with a median of $77,960 — about 21.19% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Biological scientists, all other ranks 128 of 453 occupations in Vermont by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for biological scientists, all other on $77,960 is $60,640. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $62,751 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 $79,540 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Biological Scientists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $109,300 |
| This salary | $77,960 |
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 | $60,640 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,675 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,774 |
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 | $73,646 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,832 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $77,960 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,940 and the ninetieth is $109,300 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $60,640, from $77,960, 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 128 of 453 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $62,751, the adjusted value of that $77,960 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 128 of 453 locally.
- The Vermont median of $77,960 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,940 to $109,300. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Vermont is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $60,640 from $77,960. 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 128 of 453 locally.
- This $62,751 adjusted figure, worked from $77,960, 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 128 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 128 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $49,940, the highest tenth $109,300, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Vermont is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $62,751 in national terms.
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 $60,640 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($49,940) and the ninetieth ($109,300) 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 $62,751 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 $60,640 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.