Healthcare Social Workers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,667
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$18,473
22.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,849
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
$81,140
Kept after tax
$62,667
Worth in national money
$64,849
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays healthcare social workers a middle wage of $81,140, ranking 6 of 51 states and sitting about 19.53% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 453 occupations Vermont reports, healthcare social workers comes in at 111 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $81,140 you keep $62,667 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $64,849 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $82,720, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont's median for healthcare social workers is $81,140, about 19.53% above the national figure and 6 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Healthcare social workers ranks 111 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.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $62,667 after the full tax stack, from $81,140. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $64,849 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $82,720 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Healthcare Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,820 |
| This salary | $81,140 |
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 | $62,667 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,912 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,979 |
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 | $76,528 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,115 |
| 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 $81,140. The published range is $61,760 up to $102,820, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $62,667, from $81,140, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 111 of 453 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $64,849, the adjusted value of that $81,140 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 111 of 453 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for healthcare social workers in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $61,760 to $102,820. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Vermont is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $62,667 from $81,140. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 111 of 453 locally.
- This $64,849 adjusted figure, worked from $81,140, 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 111 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 111 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $61,760 at the tenth percentile, $102,820 at the ninetieth.
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 $64,849 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 $62,667.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($61,760 to $102,820) 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 $64,849 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 $62,667 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.