Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,362
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$9,788
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,872
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
$53,150
Kept after tax
$43,362
Worth in national money
$44,872
State rank
26
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $53,150, ranking 26 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 294 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $53,150 you keep $43,362 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,872 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $55,300, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont occupies the middle band for community and social service specialists, all other: a median of $53,150, ranking 26 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 294 of 453 in Vermont places community and social service specialists, all other 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.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $43,362 after the full tax stack, from $53,150. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,872 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $55,300 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,460 |
| This salary | $53,150 |
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 | $43,362 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,886 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,319 |
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 | $51,253 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,595 |
| 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 $53,150. The published range is $43,300 up to $68,460, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $43,362, from $53,150, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 294 of 453 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,872 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 294.
- Reported values are medians; for community and social service specialists, all other in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $43,300 to $68,460. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Vermont is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $43,362 from $53,150. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 294 of 453 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,872, worked from $53,150, 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 294 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 $55,300 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $43,300 at the bottom tenth to $68,460 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $44,872 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $43,362 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 $55,300. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,300 to $68,460) 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 $44,872 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 $43,362 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.