First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,012
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$19,238
23.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,241
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
$83,250
Kept after tax
$64,012
Worth in national money
$66,241
State rank
26
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $83,250, ranking 26 of 50 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, this job comes in at 97 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $83,250 you keep $64,012, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $66,241 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $84,600, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Vermont occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers: a median of $83,250, ranking 26 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers ranks 97 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 first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers on $83,250 is $64,012. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $66,241 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 $84,600 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,050 |
| This salary | $83,250 |
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 | $64,012 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,396 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,114 |
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 | $78,440 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,302 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $83,250 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,320 and the ninetieth is $129,050 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $64,012 take-home in Vermont comes from $83,250. 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 97 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $66,241, the adjusted value of that $83,250 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 97 of 453 in the state.
- The Vermont median of $83,250 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,320 to $129,050. 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 $64,012, from $83,250, 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 97 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $66,241 — the adjusted value of that $83,250 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 97 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $42,320 at the bottom tenth to $129,050 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $66,241 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 $64,012.
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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($42,320) and the ninetieth ($129,050) 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 $66,241 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 $64,012 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.