Database Administrators in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,387
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$26,843
25.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,082
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
$104,230
Kept after tax
$77,387
Worth in national money
$80,082
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont sits in the middle of the pack for database administrators. The median is $104,230, ranking 20 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 453 occupations Vermont reports, database administrators comes in at 44 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $104,230 you keep $77,387, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $80,082 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $103,180, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Vermont occupies the middle band for database administrators: a median of $104,230, ranking 20 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Database administrators ranks 44 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.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for database administrators on $104,230 is $77,387. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $80,082 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 $103,180 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Database Administrators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $69,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,990 |
| This salary | $104,230 |
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 | $77,387 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,156 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,462 |
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 | $97,451 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,164 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $104,230 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $69,280 and the ninetieth is $130,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $77,387, worked from $104,230. 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 44 of 453.
- Two cautions on $80,082, the adjusted value of that $104,230 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Vermont. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 44 of 453 locally.
- The Vermont median of $104,230 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $69,280 to $130,990. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Vermont take-home of $77,387, on $104,230 for work ranking 44 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 44 of 453 in the state.
- This $80,082 adjusted figure, worked from $104,230, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 44 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 44 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $69,280 at the bottom tenth to $130,990 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $80,082.
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, $77,387 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($69,280 to $130,990) 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 $80,082 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 $77,387 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.