Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,870
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$13,470
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,745
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
$67,340
Kept after tax
$53,870
Worth in national money
$55,745
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays this job a middle wage of $67,340, ranking 11 of 51 states and sitting about 13.08% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Vermont, this sits in the middle: 177 of 453 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $67,340 the take-home is $53,870; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $55,745 would nationally. The average lands at $66,970, below the middle of the range.
- Vermont's median for child, family, and school social workers is $67,340, about 13.08% above the national figure and 11 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.
- Child, family, and school social workers ranks 177 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.
- Post-tax income for child, family, and school social workers in Vermont, on $67,340, is $53,870 — equivalent to $55,745 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 $66,970 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Child, Family, and School Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,140 |
| This salary | $67,340 |
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 | $53,870 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,204 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,092 |
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 | $64,331 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,635 |
| 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 $67,340. The published range is $47,270 up to $84,140, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $53,870 take-home in Vermont comes from $67,340. 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 177 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $55,745, the adjusted value of that $67,340 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 177 of 453 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for child, family, and school social workers in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,270 to $84,140. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $53,870, from $67,340, 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 177 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $55,745 — the adjusted value of that $67,340 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 177 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,270 at the tenth percentile, $84,140 at the ninetieth.
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 $55,745 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, $53,870 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 ($47,270 to $84,140) 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 $55,745 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 $53,870 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.