Project Management Specialists in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,450
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$18,350
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,625
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
$80,800
Kept after tax
$62,450
Worth in national money
$64,625
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is among the lower-paying states for project management specialists. The middle earner takes $80,800, ranking 47 of 51 states — about 21.03% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 453 occupations Vermont reports, project management specialists comes in at 113 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $80,800 you keep $62,450, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $64,625 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $90,600, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Vermont ranks 47 of 51 for project management specialists, with a median of $80,800 — about 21.03% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Project management specialists ranks 113 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 project management specialists on $80,800 is $62,450. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $64,625 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 $90,600 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Project Management Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,110 |
| This salary | $80,800 |
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 | $62,450 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,673 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,957 |
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 | $76,219 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,084 |
| 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 $80,800. The published range is $61,950 up to $128,110, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $62,450, from $80,800, 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 113 of 453 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $64,625, the adjusted value of that $80,800 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 113 of 453 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for project management specialists in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $61,950 to $128,110. 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 $62,450 from $80,800. 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 113 of 453 locally.
- This $64,625 adjusted figure, worked from $80,800, 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 113 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 113 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $90,600, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $61,950 at the bottom tenth to $128,110 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 $64,625.
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 $62,450 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 $90,600. 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 ($61,950) and the ninetieth ($128,110) 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 $64,625 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 $62,450 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.