Health Education Specialists in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,380
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$13,760
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,273
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
$68,140
Kept after tax
$54,380
Worth in national money
$56,273
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for health education specialists is strong here. Vermont's middle earner gets $68,140, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 6.35% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Health education specialists ranks 175 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $68,140 you keep $54,380, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $56,273 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $73,150, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For health education specialists, Vermont sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $68,140, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 6.35% 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.
- Position 175 of 453 in Vermont places health education specialists 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 health education specialists on $68,140 is $54,380. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $56,273 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 $73,150 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Health Education Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $68,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,430 |
| This salary | $68,140 |
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 | $54,380 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,766 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,144 |
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 | $64,965 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,796 |
| 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 health education specialists in Vermont earn under $68,140 and half over. The published range runs $56,080 at the tenth percentile to $97,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $54,380, worked from $68,140. 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 175 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $56,273, the adjusted value of that $68,140 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 175 of 453 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for health education specialists in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $56,080 to $97,430; 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.
- The Vermont take-home of $54,380, on $68,140 for work ranking 175 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 175 of 453 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $56,273 — the adjusted value of that $68,140 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 175 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 $73,150, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $56,080 at the bottom tenth to $97,430 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $56,273 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Vermont's own levy, $54,380 remains.
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 $73,150. 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 ($56,080 to $97,430) 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 $56,273 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 $54,380 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.