First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,120
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$18,730
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,318
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
$81,850
Kept after tax
$63,120
Worth in national money
$65,318
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Vermont pays this job around $81,850 at the midpoint, 26 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Vermont this is well-paid work. Of 453 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 106 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $81,850 you keep $63,120, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $65,318 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $90,030, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers the Vermont median is $81,850, ranking 26 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Vermont publishes a median for, first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers sits 106 of 453 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers on $81,850 is $63,120. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $65,318 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 $90,030 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,120 |
| This salary | $81,850 |
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 | $63,120 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,411 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,024 |
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 | $77,171 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,178 |
| 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 $81,850. The published range is $63,180 up to $132,120, 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 $63,120, worked from $81,850. 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 106 of 453.
- Two cautions on $65,318, the adjusted value of that $81,850 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 106 of 453 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $63,180 to $132,120. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Vermont take-home of $63,120, on $81,850 for work ranking 106 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 106 of 453 in the state.
- This $65,318 adjusted figure, worked from $81,850, 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 106 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 106 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 $90,030, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $63,180 at the bottom tenth to $132,120 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 $65,318.
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 $63,120.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $90,030. 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 ($63,180) and the ninetieth ($132,120) 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 $65,318 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 $63,120 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.