School Psychologists in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,738
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$19,082
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,958
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
$82,820
Kept after tax
$63,738
Worth in national money
$65,958
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Vermont is 28 of 51 states for school psychologists, with a middle wage of $82,820. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 453 occupations Vermont reports, school psychologists comes in at 99 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $82,820 you keep $63,738 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $65,958 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $86,270, since top earners drag the number up.
- Vermont ranks 28 of 51 for school psychologists at $82,820. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- School psychologists ranks 99 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 $63,738 after the full tax stack, from $82,820. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $65,958 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $86,270 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: School Psychologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,920 |
| This salary | $82,820 |
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 | $63,738 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,094 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,087 |
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 | $78,050 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,264 |
| 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 school psychologists in Vermont earn under $82,820 and half over. The published range runs $61,940 at the tenth percentile to $105,920 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $63,738 take-home in Vermont comes from $82,820. 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 99 of 453.
- Two cautions on $65,958, the adjusted value of that $82,820 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 99 of 453 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for school psychologists in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $61,940 to $105,920; 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.
- Retained pay of $63,738, from $82,820, 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 99 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 51 for it.
- This $65,958 adjusted figure, worked from $82,820, 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 99 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 99 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 $86,270 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $61,940 at the bottom tenth to $105,920 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $65,958 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, $63,738 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 $86,270. 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 ($61,940 to $105,920) 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 $65,958 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 $63,738 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.