Buyers and Purchasing Agents in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,471
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$12,859
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,298
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
$65,330
Kept after tax
$52,471
Worth in national money
$54,298
State rank
49
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is among the lower-paying states for buyers and purchasing agents. The middle earner takes $65,330, ranking 49 of 51 states — about 15.93% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 453 occupations Vermont reports figures for, this is number 190.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $65,330 the take-home is $52,471; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $54,298 would nationally. The average comes to $81,780, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Vermont ranks 49 of 51 for buyers and purchasing agents, with a median of $65,330 — about 15.93% 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.
- In Vermont's occupational distribution, buyers and purchasing agents sits at 190 of 453 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for buyers and purchasing agents in Vermont, on $65,330, is $52,471 — equivalent to $54,298 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 $81,780 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Buyers and Purchasing Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $166,520 |
| This salary | $65,330 |
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 | $52,471 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,673 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,964 |
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 | $62,590 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,375 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Vermont earn less than $65,330. The published range is $45,230 up to $166,520, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $52,471, worked from $65,330. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 190 of 453.
- Two cautions on $54,298, the adjusted value of that $65,330 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 190 of 453 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for buyers and purchasing agents in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,230 to $166,520. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Vermont take-home of $52,471, on $65,330 for work ranking 190 of 453 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 190 of 453 in the state.
- This $54,298 adjusted figure, worked from $65,330, 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 190 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 190 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 $81,780 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 $45,230 at the bottom tenth to $166,520 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 $54,298 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $52,471 remains.
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 $81,780. 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 ($45,230) and the ninetieth ($166,520) 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 $54,298 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 $52,471 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.