Rehabilitation Counselors in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,959
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$9,071
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,386
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
$50,030
Kept after tax
$40,959
Worth in national money
$42,386
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays rehabilitation counselors a middle wage of $50,030, ranking 12 of 51 states and sitting about 6.79% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Rehabilitation counselors ranks 319 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $50,030 you keep $40,959, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,386 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $55,900, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Vermont's median for rehabilitation counselors is $50,030, about 6.79% above the national figure and 12 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.
- Position 319 of 453 in Vermont places rehabilitation counselors in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for rehabilitation counselors on $50,030 is $40,959. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,386 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 $55,900 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Rehabilitation Counselors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,180 |
| This salary | $50,030 |
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 | $40,959 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,379 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,225 |
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 | $48,263 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,482 |
| 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 rehabilitation counselors in Vermont earn under $50,030 and half over. The published range runs $40,750 at the tenth percentile to $82,180 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $40,959, worked from $50,030. 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 319 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,386, the adjusted value of that $50,030 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 319 of 453 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for rehabilitation counselors in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,750 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.
- The Vermont take-home of $40,959, on $50,030 for work ranking 319 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 319 of 453 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $42,386 — the adjusted value of that $50,030 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 319 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 $55,900, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $40,750 and the top tenth $82,180 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $42,386 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $40,959 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $55,900. 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 ($40,750) 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 $42,386 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 $40,959 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.