Medical Records Specialists in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,741
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$10,819
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,369
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
$57,560
Kept after tax
$46,741
Worth in national money
$48,369
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays medical records specialists a middle wage of $57,560, ranking 14 of 51 states and sitting about 12.55% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Vermont, this sits in the middle: 264 of 453 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $57,560 the take-home is $46,741; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $48,369 would nationally. The average comes to $57,950, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Vermont's median for medical records specialists is $57,560, about 12.55% above the national figure and 14 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 records specialists ranks 264 of 453 occupations in Vermont by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for medical records specialists in Vermont, on $57,560, is $46,741 — equivalent to $48,369 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 $57,950 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical Records Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,580 |
| This salary | $57,560 |
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 | $46,741 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,429 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,469 |
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 | $55,459 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,776 |
| 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 records specialists in Vermont earn under $57,560 and half over. The published range runs $42,130 at the tenth percentile to $77,580 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $46,741, worked from $57,560. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 264 of 453.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $48,369 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 264.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical records specialists in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,130 to $77,580; 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.
- The Vermont take-home of $46,741, on $57,560 for work ranking 264 of 453 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 264 of 453 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $48,369, worked from $57,560, 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 264 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $42,130 and the top tenth $77,580, so most people doing this work in Vermont sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $48,369 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 $46,741 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 ($42,130 to $77,580) 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 $48,369 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 $46,741 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.