Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,243
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$15,957
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,271
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
$74,200
Kept after tax
$58,243
Worth in national money
$60,271
State rank
16
of 51 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 $74,200, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 13.94% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 453 occupations Vermont reports figures for, this is number 148.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $74,200 you keep $58,243, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $60,271 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $72,160, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Vermont's median for special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school is $74,200, about 13.94% above the national figure and 16 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Vermont's occupational distribution, special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school sits at 148 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.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school on $74,200 is $58,243. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $60,271 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 $72,160 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,620 |
| This salary | $74,200 |
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 | $58,243 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,030 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,533 |
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 | $70,239 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,499 |
| 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 $74,200. The published range is $49,730 up to $97,620, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $58,243, worked from $74,200. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 148 of 453.
- Two cautions on $60,271, the adjusted value of that $74,200 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 148 of 453 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $49,730 to $97,620. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Vermont take-home of $58,243, on $74,200 for work ranking 148 of 453 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 148 of 453 in the state.
- This $60,271 adjusted figure, worked from $74,200, 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 148 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 148 of 453 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $49,730 and the top tenth $97,620, so most people doing this work in Vermont sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $60,271.
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 $58,243 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,730 to $97,620) 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 $60,271 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 $58,243 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.