Software Developers in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,737
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$34,543
27.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,896
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
$125,280
Kept after tax
$90,737
Worth in national money
$93,896
State rank
29
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Vermont pays software developers around $125,280 at the midpoint, 29 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Vermont. It ranks 27 out of 453 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $125,280 you keep $90,737, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $93,896 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $136,100, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For software developers the Vermont median is $125,280, ranking 29 of 50 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.
- Within Vermont, software developers ranks 27 of 453 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for software developers on $125,280 is $90,737. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $93,896 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $136,100 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Software Developers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $82,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $125,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $209,420 |
| This salary | $125,280 |
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 | $90,737 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,895 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,815 |
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 | $116,428 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,132 |
| 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 $125,280. The published range is $82,480 up to $209,420, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $90,737, from $125,280, 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 27 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 $93,896, the adjusted value of that $125,280 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 27 of 453 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for software developers in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $82,480 to $209,420. 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 $90,737 from $125,280. 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 27 of 453 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $93,896 — the adjusted value of that $125,280 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 27 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 $136,100 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $82,480, the highest tenth $209,420, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $93,896 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, $90,737 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $136,100. 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 ($82,480) and the ninetieth ($209,420) 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 $93,896 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 $90,737 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.