Special Education Teachers, Secondary School in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,532
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$17,828
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,675
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
$79,360
Kept after tax
$61,532
Worth in national money
$63,675
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Vermont is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $79,360, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 6.87% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 117 among 453 occupations Vermont publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $79,360 you keep $61,532 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $63,675 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $75,820.
- Vermont ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for special education teachers, secondary school, at $79,360 — about 6.87% 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.
- Position 117 of 453 in Vermont places special education teachers, secondary school in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Vermont is $61,532 after the full tax stack, from $79,360. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $63,675 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $75,820 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,170 |
| This salary | $79,360 |
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 | $61,532 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,660 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,864 |
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 | $74,915 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,957 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $79,360 as a midpoint for Vermont, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $52,800 and the ninetieth is $98,170 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Vermont's $61,532, worked from $79,360. 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 117 of 453.
- Two cautions on $63,675, the adjusted value of that $79,360 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 117 of 453 locally.
- The Vermont median of $79,360 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $52,800 to $98,170. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Vermont take-home of $61,532, on $79,360 for work ranking 117 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 117 of 453 in the state.
- This $63,675 adjusted figure, worked from $79,360, 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 117 of 453 in the state. The occupation ranks 117 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 $75,820 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $52,800 at the bottom tenth to $98,170 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 $63,675.
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 $61,532 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.
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 $75,820. 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 ($52,800 to $98,170) 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 $63,675 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 $61,532 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.