Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,025
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$19,245
23.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,254
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
$83,270
Kept after tax
$64,025
Worth in national money
$66,254
State rank
38
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Vermont. The middle earner gets $83,270. That is 38 of 48 states, and about 17.21% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Vermont. It ranks 96 out of 453 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $83,270 the take-home is $64,025; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $66,254 would nationally. The average comes to $99,780, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For clinical and counseling psychologists, Vermont sits in the lower band at $83,270, ranking 38 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 17.21%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Vermont, clinical and counseling psychologists ranks 96 of 453 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for clinical and counseling psychologists in Vermont, on $83,270, is $64,025 — equivalent to $66,254 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 $99,780 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $137,620 |
| This salary | $83,270 |
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 | $64,025 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,410 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,116 |
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 | $78,458 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,304 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of clinical and counseling psychologists in Vermont earn under $83,270 and half over. The published range runs $58,070 at the tenth percentile to $137,620 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $64,025, worked from $83,270. 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 96 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $66,254, the adjusted value of that $83,270 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 96 of 453 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for clinical and counseling psychologists in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $58,070 to $137,620; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Vermont take-home of $64,025, on $83,270 for work ranking 96 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 96 of 453 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $66,254 — the adjusted value of that $83,270 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 96 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $99,780, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $58,070 and the top tenth $137,620 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $66,254.
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 $64,025 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 $99,780. 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 ($58,070) and the ninetieth ($137,620) 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 $66,254 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 $64,025 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.