Medical Assistants in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,819
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$8,431
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,171
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
$47,250
Kept after tax
$38,819
Worth in national money
$40,171
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays medical assistants a middle wage of $47,250, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 3.41% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Vermont, this one sits low: 356 of 453 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,250 you keep $38,819 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $40,171 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,300, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont's median for medical assistants is $47,250, about 3.41% above the national figure and 16 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.
- Medical assistants occupies position 356 of 453 in Vermont's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $38,819 after the full tax stack, from $47,250. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,171 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,300 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Medical Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,420 |
| This salary | $47,250 |
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 | $38,819 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,145 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,142 |
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 | $45,599 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,381 |
| 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 medical assistants in Vermont earn under $47,250 and half over. The published range runs $40,570 at the tenth percentile to $58,420 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,819 take-home in Vermont comes from $47,250. 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 356 of 453.
- Two cautions on $40,171, the adjusted value of that $47,250 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 356 of 453 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical assistants in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,570 to $58,420; 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.
- Retained pay of $38,819, from $47,250, 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 356 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 51 for it.
- This $40,171 adjusted figure, worked from $47,250, 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 356 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 356 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $40,570 at the tenth percentile, $58,420 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Vermont sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $40,171 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $38,819 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 ($40,570 to $58,420) 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 $40,171 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 $38,819 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.