Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,874
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$8,746
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,262
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
$48,620
Kept after tax
$39,874
Worth in national money
$41,262
State rank
19
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Vermont is 19 of 45 states for this job, with a middle wage of $48,620. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 453 occupations Vermont reports figures for, this is number 339.
- Vermont is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,620 the take-home is $39,874; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,262 would nationally. The average comes to $50,130, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Vermont ranks 19 of 45 for teaching assistants, postsecondary at $48,620. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Vermont's occupational distribution, teaching assistants, postsecondary sits at 339 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.
- Post-tax income for teaching assistants, postsecondary in Vermont, on $48,620, is $39,874 — equivalent to $41,262 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 $50,130 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,510 |
| This salary | $48,620 |
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 | $39,874 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,246 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,183 |
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 | $46,912 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,431 |
| 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 $48,620. The published range is $35,030 up to $59,510, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,874 take-home in Vermont comes from $48,620. 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 339 of 453.
- One number stands for prices across all of Vermont, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,262, the adjusted value of that $48,620 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 339 of 453 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for teaching assistants, postsecondary in Vermont the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,030 to $59,510. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,874, from $48,620, 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 339 of 453 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Vermont, so $41,262 — the adjusted value of that $48,620 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 339 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 $50,130, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,030 at the tenth percentile, $59,510 at the ninetieth.
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 $41,262 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, $39,874 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 $50,130. 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 ($35,030 to $59,510) 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 $41,262 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 $39,874 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.