Library Assistants, Clerical in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,487
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$5,943
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,549
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
$36,430
Kept after tax
$30,487
Worth in national money
$31,549
State rank
24
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Vermont pays library assistants, clerical around $36,430 at the midpoint, 24 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 453 occupations Vermont publishes, library assistants, clerical lands at 440. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $36,430 the take-home is $30,487; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $31,549 would nationally. The average comes to $37,160, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For library assistants, clerical the Vermont median is $36,430, ranking 24 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Vermont, this work ranks 440 of 453 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for library assistants, clerical in Vermont, on $36,430, is $30,487 — equivalent to $31,549 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 $37,160 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Library Assistants, Clerical
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,430 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,050 |
| This salary | $36,430 |
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 | $30,487 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,452 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$817 |
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 | $35,230 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$988 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $36,430 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,190 and the ninetieth is $49,050 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $30,487, from $36,430, 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 440 of 453 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $31,549 uses one figure for the whole of Vermont. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 453 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 440.
- The Vermont median of $36,430 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,190 to $49,050. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Vermont is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $30,487 from $36,430. 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 440 of 453 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $31,549, worked from $36,430, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Vermont address, on work sitting at 440 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $29,190 at the bottom tenth to $49,050 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $31,549.
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, $30,487 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,190 to $49,050) 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 $31,549 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 $30,487 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.