Computer Systems Analysts in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,442
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$25,168
25.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,034
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
$99,610
Kept after tax
$74,442
Worth in national money
$77,034
State rank
31
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Vermont is 31 of 50 states for computer systems analysts, with a middle wage of $99,610. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 453 occupations Vermont reports, computer systems analysts comes in at 54 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $99,610 you keep $74,442 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $77,034 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $102,650, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont ranks 31 of 50 for computer systems analysts at $99,610. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Computer systems analysts ranks 54 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 $74,442 after the full tax stack, from $99,610. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $77,034 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $102,650 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer Systems Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,280 |
| This salary | $99,610 |
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 | $74,442 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,906 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,166 |
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 | $93,265 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,754 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $99,610 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $75,090 and the ninetieth is $129,280 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $74,442 take-home in Vermont comes from $99,610. 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 54 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $77,034, the adjusted value of that $99,610 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 54 of 453 in the state.
- The Vermont median of $99,610 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $75,090 to $129,280. 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 $74,442, from $99,610, 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 54 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $77,034 — the adjusted value of that $99,610 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 54 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 $102,650 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $75,090 at the tenth percentile, $129,280 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Vermont is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $77,034 in national terms.
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, $74,442 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $102,650. 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 ($75,090 to $129,280) 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 $77,034 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 $74,442 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.