Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,556
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$5,664
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,585
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
$35,220
Kept after tax
$29,556
Worth in national money
$30,585
State rank
42
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $35,220, ranking 42 of 47 states — about 25.6% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Vermont, this one sits low: 447 of 453 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $35,220 you keep $29,556 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $30,585 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $47,650, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont ranks 42 of 47 for broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys, with a median of $35,220 — about 25.6% 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.
- Broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys occupies position 447 of 453 in Vermont's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $29,556 after the full tax stack, from $35,220. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $30,585 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $47,650 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,620 |
| This salary | $35,220 |
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 | $29,556 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,479 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$780 |
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 | $34,071 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$944 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $35,220 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,820 and the ninetieth is $58,620 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $29,556 take-home in Vermont comes from $35,220. 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 447 of 453.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $30,585 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 447.
- The Vermont median of $35,220 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,820 to $58,620. 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 $29,556, from $35,220, 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 447 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $30,585, worked from $35,220, 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 447 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $47,650 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $30,820 at the bottom tenth to $58,620 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 $30,585 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 $29,556.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $47,650. 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 ($30,820) and the ninetieth ($58,620) 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 $30,585 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 $29,556 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.