Physicians, All Other in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$218,474
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$124,576
36.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$226,082
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
$343,050
Kept after tax
$218,474
Worth in national money
$226,082
State rank
11
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays physicians, all other a middle wage of $343,050, ranking 11 of 50 states and sitting about 29% above the national middle.
- Within Vermont this is well-paid work. Of 453 occupations with published figures in the state, physicians, all other ranks 1 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $343,050 the take-home is $218,474; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $226,082 would nationally. The average lands at $331,300, below the middle of the range.
- Vermont's median for physicians, all other is $343,050, about 29% above the national figure and 11 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Vermont publishes a median for, physicians, all other sits 1 of 453 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for physicians, all other in Vermont, on $343,050, is $218,474 — equivalent to $226,082 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 $331,300 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Physicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $174,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $343,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $517,900 |
| This salary | $343,050 |
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 | $218,474 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $242,148 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$23,105 |
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 | $305,263 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$35,838 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $343,050 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $174,990 and the ninetieth is $517,900 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $218,474, worked from $343,050. 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 1 of 453.
- Two cautions on $226,082, the adjusted value of that $343,050 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 1 of 453 locally.
- The Vermont median of $343,050 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $174,990 to $517,900. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Vermont take-home of $218,474, on $343,050 for work ranking 1 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 1 of 453 in the state.
- This $226,082 adjusted figure, worked from $343,050, 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 1 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 1 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 $331,300, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $174,990 and the top tenth $517,900 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $226,082 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Vermont then takes its own share, leaving $218,474.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $331,300. 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 ($174,990) and the ninetieth ($517,900) 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 $226,082 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 $218,474 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.