Psychiatric Technicians in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,057
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$8,503
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,418
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
$47,560
Kept after tax
$39,057
Worth in national money
$40,418
State rank
14
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is one of the better-paying states for psychiatric technicians. The middle earner takes $47,560, which ranks 14 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 5.38% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Vermont, this one sits low: 349 of 453 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,560 you keep $39,057 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $40,418 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,650, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont ranks 14 of 49 states publishing a median for psychiatric technicians, at $47,560 — about 5.38% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Psychiatric technicians occupies position 349 of 453 in Vermont's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $39,057 after the full tax stack, from $47,560. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,418 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,650 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Psychiatric Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,360 |
| This salary | $47,560 |
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 | $39,057 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,394 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,151 |
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 | $45,896 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,392 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,560 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,630 and the ninetieth is $58,360 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $39,057 take-home in Vermont comes from $47,560. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 349 of 453.
- Two cautions on $40,418, the adjusted value of that $47,560 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 349 of 453 locally.
- The Vermont median of $47,560 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,630 to $58,360. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $39,057, from $47,560, assumes a single Vermont filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 349 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 49 for it.
- This $40,418 adjusted figure, worked from $47,560, 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 349 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 349 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $40,630 at the tenth percentile, $58,360 at the ninetieth.
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 $40,418.
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 $39,057 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,630 to $58,360) 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 $40,418 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 $39,057 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.