Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,562
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$9,848
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,079
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
$53,410
Kept after tax
$43,562
Worth in national money
$45,079
State rank
9
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays this job a middle wage of $53,410, ranking 9 of 49 states and sitting about 16.95% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 292 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $53,410 the take-home is $43,562; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $45,079 would nationally. The average comes to $61,920, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Vermont's median for office and administrative support workers, all other is $53,410, about 16.95% above the national figure and 9 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 292 of 453 in Vermont places office and administrative support workers, all other in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for office and administrative support workers, all other in Vermont, on $53,410, is $43,562 — equivalent to $45,079 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 $61,920 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,470 |
| This salary | $53,410 |
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 | $43,562 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,095 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,327 |
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 | $51,502 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,605 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Vermont earn less than $53,410. The published range is $39,640 up to $99,470, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $43,562 take-home in Vermont comes from $53,410. 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 292 of 453.
- Two cautions on $45,079, the adjusted value of that $53,410 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 292 of 453 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for office and administrative support workers, all other in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,640 to $99,470. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $43,562, from $53,410, 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 292 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 49 for it.
- This $45,079 adjusted figure, worked from $53,410, 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 292 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 292 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 $61,920 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $39,640 at the bottom tenth to $99,470 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $45,079.
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 $43,562 of this wage survives to your account.
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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $61,920. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($39,640) and the ninetieth ($99,470) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $45,079 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 $43,562 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.