Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,729
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$17,371
22.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,844
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
$78,100
Kept after tax
$60,729
Worth in national money
$62,844
State rank
13
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Vermont's middle earner gets $78,100, putting the state 13 of 49 — about 3.65% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 453 occupations Vermont reports figures for, this is number 126.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $78,100 the take-home is $60,729; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $62,844 would nationally. The average comes to $80,400, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For education teachers, postsecondary, Vermont sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $78,100, ranking 13 of 49 and running about 3.65% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Vermont's occupational distribution, education teachers, postsecondary sits at 126 of 453 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for education teachers, postsecondary in Vermont, on $78,100, is $60,729 — equivalent to $62,844 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $80,400 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Education Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,780 |
| This salary | $78,100 |
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 | $60,729 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,773 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,783 |
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 | $73,773 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,845 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $78,100 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $43,410 and the ninetieth is $126,780 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $60,729 take-home in Vermont comes from $78,100. 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 126 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $62,844, the adjusted value of that $78,100 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 126 of 453 in the state.
- The Vermont median of $78,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $43,410 to $126,780. 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 $60,729, from $78,100, 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 126 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $62,844 — the adjusted value of that $78,100 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 126 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $43,410 at the bottom tenth to $126,780 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $62,844.
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 $60,729 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($43,410) and the ninetieth ($126,780) 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 $62,844 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 $60,729 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.