Occupational Therapists in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,445
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$22,895
24.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,898
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
$93,340
Kept after tax
$70,445
Worth in national money
$72,898
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Vermont pays occupational therapists a middle wage of $93,340, 40 of 51 states and about 6.97% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Vermont. It ranks 69 out of 453 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $93,340 the take-home is $70,445; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $72,898 would nationally. The average lands at $92,960, below the middle of the range.
- Vermont's $93,340 median for occupational therapists places it 40 of 51 states, about 6.97% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Within Vermont, occupational therapists ranks 69 of 453 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for occupational therapists in Vermont, on $93,340, is $70,445 — equivalent to $72,898 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 $92,960 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $69,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $118,110 |
| This salary | $93,340 |
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 | $70,445 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,495 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,763 |
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 | $87,583 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,197 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $93,340 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $69,120 and the ninetieth is $118,110 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $70,445 take-home in Vermont comes from $93,340. 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 69 of 453.
- Two cautions on $72,898, the adjusted value of that $93,340 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 69 of 453 locally.
- The Vermont median of $93,340 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $69,120 to $118,110. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $70,445, from $93,340, 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 69 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 51 for it.
- This $72,898 adjusted figure, worked from $93,340, 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 69 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 69 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $69,120 at the tenth percentile, $118,110 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 $72,898.
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 $70,445 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 ($69,120 to $118,110) 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 $72,898 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 $70,445 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.