Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,219
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$21,061
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,560
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
$88,280
Kept after tax
$67,219
Worth in national money
$69,560
State rank
5
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Vermont pays this job a middle wage of $88,280, ranking 5 of 48 states and sitting about 12.23% above the national middle.
- Within Vermont this is well-paid work. Of 453 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 78 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $88,280 the take-home is $67,219; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $69,560 would nationally. The average comes to $107,190, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Vermont's median for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents is $88,280, about 12.23% above the national figure and 5 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Vermont publishes a median for, securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents sits 78 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 securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents in Vermont, on $88,280, is $67,219 — equivalent to $69,560 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 $107,190 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $88,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $201,350 |
| This salary | $88,280 |
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 | $67,219 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,935 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,438 |
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 | $82,998 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,748 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $88,280 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $54,370 and the ninetieth is $201,350 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $67,219, from $88,280, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 78 of 453 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $69,560, the adjusted value of that $88,280 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 78 of 453 in the state.
- The Vermont median of $88,280 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $54,370 to $201,350. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Vermont is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $67,219 from $88,280. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 78 of 453 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $69,560 — the adjusted value of that $88,280 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 78 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 $107,190, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $54,370 and the top tenth $201,350 — 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 $69,560 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, $67,219 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $107,190. 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 ($54,370) and the ninetieth ($201,350) 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 $69,560 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 $67,219 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.