Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,048
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$10,292
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,617
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
$55,340
Kept after tax
$45,048
Worth in national money
$46,617
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Vermont is 29 of 51 states for payroll and timekeeping clerks, with a middle wage of $55,340. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Vermont, this sits in the middle: 279 of 453 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $55,340 you keep $45,048 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $46,617 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $56,440, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont ranks 29 of 51 for payroll and timekeeping clerks at $55,340. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Payroll and timekeeping clerks ranks 279 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.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $45,048 after the full tax stack, from $55,340. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $46,617 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $56,440 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,690 |
| This salary | $55,340 |
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 | $45,048 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,646 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,385 |
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 | $53,352 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,675 |
| 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 $55,340. The published range is $45,010 up to $70,690, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $45,048, from $55,340, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 279 of 453 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $46,617, the adjusted value of that $55,340 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 279 of 453 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for payroll and timekeeping clerks in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,010 to $70,690. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Vermont is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $45,048 from $55,340. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 279 of 453 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $46,617 — the adjusted value of that $55,340 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 279 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $45,010 at the bottom tenth to $70,690 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $46,617 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 $45,048 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 ($45,010 to $70,690) 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 $46,617 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 $45,048 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.