Radiation Therapists in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,366
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$25,694
25.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,991
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
$101,060
Kept after tax
$75,366
Worth in national money
$77,991
State rank
20
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont sits in the middle of the pack for radiation therapists. The median is $101,060, ranking 20 of 46 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Vermont this is well-paid work. Of 453 occupations with published figures in the state, radiation therapists ranks 53 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $101,060 the take-home is $75,366; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $77,991 would nationally. The average comes to $106,510, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Vermont occupies the middle band for radiation therapists: a median of $101,060, ranking 20 of 46. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Vermont publishes a median for, radiation therapists sits 53 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 radiation therapists in Vermont, on $101,060, is $75,366 — equivalent to $77,991 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 $106,510 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Radiation Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,160 |
| This salary | $101,060 |
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 | $75,366 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,926 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,259 |
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 | $94,579 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,883 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $101,060 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $84,070 and the ninetieth is $124,160 — 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 $75,366, worked from $101,060. 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 53 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $77,991, the adjusted value of that $101,060 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 53 of 453 in the state.
- The Vermont median of $101,060 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $84,070 to $124,160. 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 $75,366, on $101,060 for work ranking 53 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 53 of 453 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $77,991 — the adjusted value of that $101,060 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 53 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $106,510 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $84,070 at the tenth percentile, $124,160 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Vermont is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $77,991 in national terms.
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 $75,366.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 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 $106,510. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($84,070 to $124,160) 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 $77,991 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 $75,366 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.