Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,798
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$20,822
23.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,124
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
$87,620
Kept after tax
$66,798
Worth in national money
$69,124
State rank
13
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $87,620, which ranks 13 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 3.95% above the national middle.
- Within Vermont this is well-paid work. Of 453 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 80 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $87,620 the take-home is $66,798; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $69,124 would nationally. The average comes to $89,170, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Vermont ranks 13 of 46 states publishing a median for sociology teachers, postsecondary, at $87,620 — about 3.95% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Vermont publishes a median for, sociology teachers, postsecondary sits 80 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 sociology teachers, postsecondary in Vermont, on $87,620, is $66,798 — equivalent to $69,124 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 $89,170 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $87,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $123,950 |
| This salary | $87,620 |
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 | $66,798 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,471 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,395 |
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 | $82,400 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,690 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $87,620 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,270 and the ninetieth is $123,950 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $66,798 take-home in Vermont comes from $87,620. 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 80 of 453.
- Two cautions on $69,124, the adjusted value of that $87,620 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 80 of 453 locally.
- The Vermont median of $87,620 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,270 to $123,950. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $66,798, from $87,620, 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 80 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 46 for it.
- This $69,124 adjusted figure, worked from $87,620, 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 80 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 80 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $36,270 and the top tenth $123,950 — 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 $69,124 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Vermont then takes its own share, leaving $66,798.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,270) and the ninetieth ($123,950) 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 $69,124 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 $66,798 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.