Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,915
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$12,305
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,688
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
$63,220
Kept after tax
$50,915
Worth in national money
$52,688
State rank
11
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $63,220, which ranks 11 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 6.61% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Vermont, this sits in the middle: 202 of 453 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $63,220 you keep $50,915, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $52,688 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $68,160, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Vermont ranks 11 of 50 states publishing a median for education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare, at $63,220 — about 6.61% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare ranks 202 of 453 occupations in Vermont by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare on $63,220 is $50,915. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $52,688 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 $68,160 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $88,780 |
| This salary | $63,220 |
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 | $50,915 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,977 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,829 |
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 | $60,654 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,212 |
| 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 $63,220. The published range is $48,540 up to $88,780, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $50,915, worked from $63,220. 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 202 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,688, the adjusted value of that $63,220 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 202 of 453 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,540 to $88,780. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Vermont take-home of $50,915, on $63,220 for work ranking 202 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 202 of 453 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $52,688 — the adjusted value of that $63,220 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 202 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 $68,160, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $48,540 at the tenth percentile, $88,780 at the ninetieth.
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 $52,688 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 $50,915.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $68,160. 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 ($48,540 to $88,780) 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 $52,688 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 $50,915 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.