Tour and Travel Guides in Vermont
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,795
after federal, FICA and Vermont tax
Tax takes
$8,125
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,111
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
$45,920
Kept after tax
$37,795
Worth in national money
$39,111
State rank
6
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tour and travel guides is strong here. Vermont's middle earner gets $45,920, putting the state 6 of 50 — about 20.46% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Vermont this is lower-paid work. Of 453 occupations the state publishes figures for, tour and travel guides ranks 377. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Vermont does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $45,920 you keep $37,795, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $39,111 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $51,440, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For tour and travel guides, Vermont sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $45,920, ranking 6 of 50 and running about 20.46% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Against every occupation Vermont reports, tour and travel guides ranks 377 of 453, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Vermont income tax, retained pay for tour and travel guides on $45,920 is $37,795. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $39,111 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 $51,440 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Tour and Travel Guides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $65,250 |
| This salary | $45,920 |
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 | $37,795 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,077 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,102 |
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 | $44,324 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,333 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of tour and travel guides in Vermont earn under $45,920 and half over. The published range runs $40,070 at the tenth percentile to $65,250 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Vermont the take-home figure of $37,795, from $45,920, 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 377 of 453 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,111 uses one figure for the whole of Vermont. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 453 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 377.
- Figures are distribution medians for tour and travel guides in Vermont, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,070 to $65,250; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Vermont is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,795 from $45,920. 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 377 of 453 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,111, worked from $45,920, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Vermont address, on work sitting at 377 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 $51,440, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $40,070 and the top tenth $65,250, so most people doing this work in Vermont sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $39,111 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, $37,795 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $51,440. 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 ($40,070 to $65,250) 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 $39,111 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 $37,795 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.