Librarians and Media Collections Specialists in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,281
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$12,079
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,032
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
$62,360
Kept after tax
$50,281
Worth in national money
$52,032
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $62,360, ranking 32 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 453 occupations Vermont reports figures for, this is number 214.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $62,360 you keep $50,281, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $52,032 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $63,660, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Vermont occupies the middle band for librarians and media collections specialists: a median of $62,360, ranking 32 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Vermont's occupational distribution, librarians and media collections specialists sits at 214 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.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for librarians and media collections specialists on $62,360 is $50,281. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $52,032 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 $63,660 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Librarians and Media Collections Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $86,070 |
| This salary | $62,360 |
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 | $50,281 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,286 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,775 |
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 | $59,864 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,146 |
| 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 $62,360. The published range is $36,390 up to $86,070, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $50,281 take-home in Vermont comes from $62,360. 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 214 of 453.
- Two cautions on $52,032, the adjusted value of that $62,360 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 214 of 453 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for librarians and media collections specialists in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,390 to $86,070. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $50,281, from $62,360, 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 214 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 51 for it.
- This $52,032 adjusted figure, worked from $62,360, 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 214 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 214 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $36,390 at the bottom tenth to $86,070 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 $52,032.
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, $50,281 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,390) and the ninetieth ($86,070) 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 $52,032 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 $50,281 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.