Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,642
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$18,458
22.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,823
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
$81,100
Kept after tax
$62,642
Worth in national money
$64,823
State rank
19
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Vermont pays this job around $81,100 at the midpoint, 19 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 453 occupations Vermont reports, this job comes in at 112 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $81,100 you keep $62,642 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $64,823 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $93,850, since top earners drag the number up.
- For psychology teachers, postsecondary the Vermont median is $81,100, ranking 19 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Psychology teachers, postsecondary ranks 112 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.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $62,642 after the full tax stack, from $81,100. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $64,823 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $93,850 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $141,520 |
| This salary | $81,100 |
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 | $62,642 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,884 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,976 |
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 | $76,491 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,111 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $81,100 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $60,420 and the ninetieth is $141,520 — 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 $62,642, worked from $81,100. 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 112 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $64,823, the adjusted value of that $81,100 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 112 of 453 in the state.
- The Vermont median of $81,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $60,420 to $141,520. 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 $62,642, on $81,100 for work ranking 112 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 112 of 453 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $64,823 — the adjusted value of that $81,100 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 112 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 $93,850, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $60,420 at the bottom tenth to $141,520 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 $64,823.
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, $62,642 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $93,850. 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 ($60,420) and the ninetieth ($141,520) 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 $64,823 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 $62,642 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.