Protective Service Workers, All Other in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,689
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$10,801
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,315
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
$57,490
Kept after tax
$46,689
Worth in national money
$48,315
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays this job a middle wage of $57,490, ranking 6 of 51 states and sitting about 35.14% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Vermont, this sits in the middle: 266 of 453 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $57,490 you keep $46,689, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $48,315 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $57,830, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Vermont's median for protective service workers, all other is $57,490, about 35.14% above the national figure and 6 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Protective service workers, all other ranks 266 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.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for protective service workers, all other on $57,490 is $46,689. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $48,315 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 $57,830 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Protective Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,180 |
| This salary | $57,490 |
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 | $46,689 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,373 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,464 |
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 | $55,394 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,771 |
| 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 protective service workers, all other in Vermont earn under $57,490 and half over. The published range runs $29,140 at the tenth percentile to $82,180 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $46,689, from $57,490, 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 266 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 $48,315, the adjusted value of that $57,490 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 266 of 453 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for protective service workers, all other in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,140 to $82,180; 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 $46,689 from $57,490. 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 266 of 453 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $48,315 — the adjusted value of that $57,490 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 266 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $29,140, the highest tenth $82,180, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $48,315 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 $46,689.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($29,140) and the ninetieth ($82,180) 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 $48,315 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 $46,689 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.