Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,458
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$23,472
24.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,947
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
$94,930
Kept after tax
$71,458
Worth in national money
$73,947
State rank
21
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Vermont is 21 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $94,930. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 453 occupations Vermont reports, this job comes in at 66 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $94,930 you keep $71,458 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $73,947 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $105,820, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont ranks 21 of 48 for computer science teachers, postsecondary at $94,930. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Computer science teachers, postsecondary ranks 66 of 453 occupations by median in Vermont, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $71,458 after the full tax stack, from $94,930. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $73,947 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $105,820 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $161,390 |
| This salary | $94,930 |
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 | $71,458 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,613 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,865 |
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 | $89,024 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,339 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $94,930 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $65,440 and the ninetieth is $161,390 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $71,458 take-home in Vermont comes from $94,930. 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 66 of 453.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $73,947 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 66.
- The Vermont median of $94,930 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $65,440 to $161,390. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $71,458, from $94,930, 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 66 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $73,947, worked from $94,930, 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 66 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 $105,820, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $65,440, the highest tenth $161,390, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $73,947.
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 $71,458 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 $105,820. 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 ($65,440) and the ninetieth ($161,390) 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 $73,947 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 $71,458 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.