Physician Assistants in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$106,073
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$44,417
29.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$109,766
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
$150,490
Kept after tax
$106,073
Worth in national money
$109,766
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for physician assistants is strong here. Vermont's middle earner gets $150,490, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 10.75% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 453 occupations Vermont reports, physician assistants comes in at 8 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $150,490 you keep $106,073, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $109,766 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $152,520, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For physician assistants, Vermont sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $150,490, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 10.75% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Physician assistants ranks 8 of 453 occupations by median in Vermont, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for physician assistants on $150,490 is $106,073. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $109,766 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 $152,520 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Physician Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $112,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $150,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $186,960 |
| This salary | $150,490 |
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 | $106,073 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $114,126 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,677 |
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 | $138,707 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,915 |
| 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 $150,490. The published range is $112,460 up to $186,960, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $106,073, worked from $150,490. 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 8 of 453.
- Two cautions on $109,766, the adjusted value of that $150,490 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 8 of 453 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for physician assistants in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $112,460 to $186,960. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Vermont take-home of $106,073, on $150,490 for work ranking 8 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 8 of 453 in the state.
- This $109,766 adjusted figure, worked from $150,490, 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 8 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 8 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $112,460 at the tenth percentile, $186,960 at the ninetieth.
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 $109,766 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Vermont's own levy, $106,073 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($112,460 to $186,960) 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 $109,766 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 $106,073 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.