Social and Community Service Managers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,425
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$18,335
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,599
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
$80,760
Kept after tax
$62,425
Worth in national money
$64,599
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Vermont pays this job around $80,760 at the midpoint, 22 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Vermont, this sits in the middle: 114 of 453 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $80,760 you keep $62,425 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $64,599 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $85,650, since top earners drag the number up.
- For social and community service managers the Vermont median is $80,760, ranking 22 of 51 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.
- Social and community service managers ranks 114 of 453 occupations in Vermont by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $62,425 after the full tax stack, from $80,760. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $64,599 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $85,650 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Social and Community Service Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $117,460 |
| This salary | $80,760 |
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 | $62,425 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,645 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,954 |
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 | $76,183 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,081 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Vermont earn less than $80,760. The published range is $61,450 up to $117,460, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $62,425, from $80,760, 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 114 of 453 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $64,599 uses one figure for the whole of Vermont. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 453 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 114.
- Reported values are medians; for social and community service managers in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $61,450 to $117,460. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Vermont is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $62,425 from $80,760. 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 114 of 453 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $64,599, worked from $80,760, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Vermont address, on work sitting at 114 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 $85,650, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $61,450 at the bottom tenth to $117,460 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $64,599.
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, $62,425 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 $85,650. 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 ($61,450 to $117,460) 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 $64,599 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 $62,425 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.