First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,427
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$11,063
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,078
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
$58,490
Kept after tax
$47,427
Worth in national money
$49,078
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $58,490, which ranks 4 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 20.37% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 453 occupations Vermont reports figures for, this is number 258.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $58,490 the take-home is $47,427; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $49,078 would nationally. The average lands at $55,950, below the middle of the range.
- Vermont ranks 4 of 51 states publishing a median for first-line supervisors of personal service workers, at $58,490 — about 20.37% 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.
- In Vermont's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of personal service workers sits at 258 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 first-line supervisors of personal service workers in Vermont, on $58,490, is $47,427 — equivalent to $49,078 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 $55,950 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,610 |
| This salary | $58,490 |
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 | $47,427 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,177 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,528 |
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 | $56,312 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,848 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $58,490 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,580 and the ninetieth is $68,610 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $47,427 take-home in Vermont comes from $58,490. 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 258 of 453.
- Two cautions on $49,078, the adjusted value of that $58,490 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 258 of 453 locally.
- The Vermont median of $58,490 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,580 to $68,610. 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 $47,427, from $58,490, 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 258 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 51 for it.
- This $49,078 adjusted figure, worked from $58,490, 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 258 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 258 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 $55,950, 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?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,580 and the top tenth $68,610, so most people doing this work in Vermont sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $49,078.
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 $47,427 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $55,950. 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 ($38,580 to $68,610) 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 $49,078 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 $47,427 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.