Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,330
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$9,480
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,804
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
$51,810
Kept after tax
$42,330
Worth in national money
$43,804
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Vermont's middle earner gets $51,810, putting the state 16 of 51 — about 2.37% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 302 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $51,810 the take-home is $42,330; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,804 would nationally. The average comes to $52,500, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping, Vermont sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $51,810, ranking 16 of 51 and running about 2.37% 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 302 of 453 in Vermont places human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 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.
- Post-tax income for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping in Vermont, on $51,810, is $42,330 — equivalent to $43,804 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 $52,500 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,090 |
| This salary | $51,810 |
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 | $42,330 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,809 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,279 |
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 | $49,969 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,547 |
| 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 $51,810. The published range is $42,170 up to $62,090, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $42,330, from $51,810, 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 302 of 453 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $43,804, the adjusted value of that $51,810 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 302 of 453 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,170 to $62,090. 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 $42,330 from $51,810. 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 302 of 453 locally.
- This $43,804 adjusted figure, worked from $51,810, 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 302 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 302 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $42,170 and the top tenth $62,090, 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 $43,804.
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 $42,330 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,170 to $62,090) 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 $43,804 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 $42,330 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.