Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,590
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$17,860
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,734
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
$79,450
Kept after tax
$61,590
Worth in national money
$63,734
State rank
45
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Vermont. The middle earner gets $79,450. That is 45 of 49 states, and about 21.42% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 453 occupations Vermont reports figures for, this is number 116.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $79,450 you keep $61,590 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $63,734 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $85,260, since top earners drag the number up.
- For social scientists and related workers, all other, Vermont sits in the lower band at $79,450, ranking 45 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 21.42%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Vermont's occupational distribution, social scientists and related workers, all other sits at 116 of 453 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $61,590 after the full tax stack, from $79,450. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $63,734 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $85,260 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $120,430 |
| This salary | $79,450 |
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 | $61,590 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,723 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,870 |
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 | $74,996 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,965 |
| 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 $79,450. The published range is $55,700 up to $120,430, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $61,590 take-home in Vermont comes from $79,450. 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 116 of 453.
- Two cautions on $63,734, the adjusted value of that $79,450 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 116 of 453 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for social scientists and related workers, all other in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $55,700 to $120,430. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $61,590, from $79,450, 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 116 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 49 for it.
- This $63,734 adjusted figure, worked from $79,450, 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 116 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 116 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 $85,260, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $55,700 at the bottom tenth to $120,430 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $63,734 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Vermont adds its own income tax on top — which is why $61,590 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 $85,260. 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 ($55,700) and the ninetieth ($120,430) 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 $63,734 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 $61,590 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.