Financial Specialists, All Other in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,925
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$16,345
21.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,977
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
$75,270
Kept after tax
$58,925
Worth in national money
$60,977
State rank
38
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is among the lower-paying states for financial specialists, all other. The middle earner takes $75,270, ranking 38 of 50 states — about 7.19% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Financial specialists, all other ranks 143 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $75,270 you keep $58,925, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $60,977 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $89,000, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Vermont ranks 38 of 50 for financial specialists, all other, with a median of $75,270 — about 7.19% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 143 of 453 in Vermont places financial specialists, all other in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for financial specialists, all other on $75,270 is $58,925. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $60,977 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 $89,000 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Financial Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,620 |
| This salary | $75,270 |
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 | $58,925 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,782 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,602 |
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 | $71,208 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,594 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of financial specialists, all other in Vermont earn under $75,270 and half over. The published range runs $56,080 at the tenth percentile to $132,620 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $58,925 take-home in Vermont comes from $75,270. 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 143 of 453.
- Two cautions on $60,977, the adjusted value of that $75,270 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 143 of 453 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for financial specialists, all other in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $56,080 to $132,620; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $58,925, from $75,270, 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 143 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 50 for it.
- This $60,977 adjusted figure, worked from $75,270, 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 143 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 143 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $89,000, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $56,080 and the top tenth $132,620 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $60,977 in national terms.
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 $58,925.
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 $89,000. 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 ($56,080) and the ninetieth ($132,620) 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 $60,977 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 $58,925 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.