Medical Transcriptionists in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,869
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$5,161
15.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,840
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
$33,030
Kept after tax
$27,869
Worth in national money
$28,840
State rank
48
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for medical transcriptionists is on the low side in Vermont. The middle earner gets $33,030. That is 48 of 50 states, and about 18.26% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 453 occupations Vermont publishes, medical transcriptionists lands at 451. 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 $33,030 the take-home is $27,869; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $28,840 would nationally. The average comes to $34,970, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For medical transcriptionists, Vermont sits in the lower band at $33,030, ranking 48 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 18.26%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Vermont, this work ranks 451 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 medical transcriptionists in Vermont, on $33,030, is $27,869 — equivalent to $28,840 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 $34,970 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical Transcriptionists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,080 |
| This salary | $33,030 |
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 | $27,869 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $28,720 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$715 |
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 | $31,972 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$864 |
| 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 transcriptionists in Vermont earn under $33,030 and half over. The published range runs $32,060 at the tenth percentile to $45,080 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 $27,869, worked from $33,030. 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 451 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $28,840, the adjusted value of that $33,030 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 451 of 453 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical transcriptionists in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,060 to $45,080; 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 $27,869, on $33,030 for work ranking 451 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 451 of 453 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $28,840 — the adjusted value of that $33,030 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 451 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $34,970 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,060 at the tenth percentile, $45,080 at the ninetieth.
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 $28,840.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Vermont then takes its own share, leaving $27,869.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Vermont is $34,970. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,060 to $45,080) 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 $28,840 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 $27,869 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.