Communications Teachers, Postsecondary in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,467
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$16,653
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,538
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
$76,120
Kept after tax
$59,467
Worth in national money
$61,538
State rank
30
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Vermont pays this job around $76,120 at the midpoint, 30 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 140 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $76,120 you keep $59,467, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $61,538 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $81,240, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For communications teachers, postsecondary the Vermont median is $76,120, ranking 30 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 140 of 453 in Vermont places communications teachers, postsecondary in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for communications teachers, postsecondary on $76,120 is $59,467. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $61,538 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 $81,240 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Communications Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $115,450 |
| This salary | $76,120 |
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 | $59,467 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,380 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,656 |
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 | $71,979 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,669 |
| 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 $76,120. The published range is $48,150 up to $115,450, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $59,467 take-home in Vermont comes from $76,120. 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 140 of 453.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $61,538 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 140.
- Reported values are medians; for communications teachers, postsecondary in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,150 to $115,450. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $59,467, from $76,120, 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 140 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $61,538, worked from $76,120, 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 140 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $81,240, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $48,150 and the top tenth $115,450 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $61,538 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 $59,467.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $81,240. 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 ($48,150) and the ninetieth ($115,450) 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 $61,538 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 $59,467 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.