Pharmacists in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$97,434
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$38,836
28.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$100,827
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
$136,270
Kept after tax
$97,434
Worth in national money
$100,827
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for pharmacists is on the low side in Vermont. The middle earner gets $136,270. That is 41 of 51 states, and about 3.29% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Vermont. It ranks 13 out of 453 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $136,270 you keep $97,434, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $100,827 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $140,780, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For pharmacists, Vermont sits in the lower band at $136,270, ranking 41 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 3.29%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Vermont, pharmacists ranks 13 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.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for pharmacists on $136,270 is $97,434. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $100,827 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $140,780 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Pharmacists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $117,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $136,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $164,370 |
| This salary | $136,270 |
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 | $97,434 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $104,407 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,615 |
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 | $126,069 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,405 |
| 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 pharmacists in Vermont earn under $136,270 and half over. The published range runs $117,860 at the tenth percentile to $164,370 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $97,434, from $136,270, 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 13 of 453 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $100,827 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 13.
- Figures are distribution medians for pharmacists in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $117,860 to $164,370; 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.
- Take-home for Vermont is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $97,434 from $136,270. 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 13 of 453 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $100,827, worked from $136,270, 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 13 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $140,780, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $117,860 at the bottom tenth to $164,370 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Vermont is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $100,827 in national terms.
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 $97,434 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.
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 $140,780. 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 ($117,860 to $164,370) 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 $100,827 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 $97,434 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.