Prices, pay, taxes, homes and family budgets, county by county, from the same official data the site's calculators use.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures price levels in every state against a national average of 100. Vermont scores 98.0 overall, so a $75,000 salary at average US prices buys what $73,469 buys here. Compare any salary with another state.
| Price level | Vermont (US = 100) | Rank, most expensive first |
|---|---|---|
| Everything | 98.0 | 23rd of 51 |
| Rents | 86.5 | 26th of 51 |
| Goods | 97.3 | — |
| Other services | 101.6 | — |
Home electricity averaged 21.90 cents a kilowatt-hour in 2024, against 17.06 across all states. A gallon of regular gas cost $4.20 at the end of August 2026, against $4.12.
Across all 303,890 jobs the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in Vermont, the median pay is $56,390 a year, or $27.11 an hour; that ranks 14th of the 50 states and DC. One worker in ten earns less than $35,910 and one in ten more than $111,480.
Vermont taxes wages in brackets, with a top rate of 8.75%. The brackets in Vermont. A single filer on the median $56,390, with no retirement or health deductions, takes home about $45,324 a year, or $1,743 every two weeks, after $4,587 of federal income tax, $4,314 of Social Security and Medicare and $2,165 of state income tax. Work out your own paycheck in Vermont.
The five occupations employing the most people, with their median annual pay:
| Occupation | Jobs | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Retail Salespersons | 8,250 | $37,400 |
| General and Operations Managers | 8,000 | $98,640 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 7,700 | $41,600 |
| Registered Nurses | 7,410 | $97,460 |
| Cashiers | 7,030 | $35,720 |
Of the 20 largest occupations, the best paid are general and operations managers ($98,640), registered nurses ($97,460), elementary school teachers, except special education ($63,070). See what common jobs pay in every state.
Across the 14 Vermont counties with their own Zillow home value, the median typical home is worth $384,068, and across the 10 with their own rent figure the median typical rent is $1,768 a month. A typical home costs 3.90 years of the county's median family income, at the median county.
With 10% down at 7.03%, the average 30-year rate on September 24, 2026, that home costs about $3,016 a month with tax, insurance and mortgage insurance, which takes $129,275 a year of income under the usual 28% guideline. The median family can afford its own county's typical home in 0.0% of Vermont's counties, against 44.9% of counties nationally. Try it with your own income.
At the median county, home values changed +1.6% over the past year and +21.3% over five years, and rents +2.4% over the past year.
The most expensive Vermont counties are Chittenden County ($520,280), Lamoille County ($501,015) and Grand Isle County ($471,442); the least expensive are Essex County ($244,027), Orleans County ($305,674) and Caledonia County ($310,376).
The Economic Policy Institute prices what a modest but adequate standard of living costs in every county: housing, food, transport, healthcare, childcare, other necessities and taxes. In the median Vermont county, that comes to $58,550 a year for one adult and $138,192 for two adults and two children, of which $23,727 is childcare. The national averages are $47,367 and $101,771. Median family income in the median county is $96,890.
| Two adults, two children | Per year, median county | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | $15,474 | $1,290 |
| Food | $14,153 | $1,179 |
| Transportation | $20,406 | $1,701 |
| Healthcare | $29,855 | $2,488 |
| Childcare | $23,727 | $1,977 |
| Other necessities | $9,349 | $779 |
| Taxes | $25,129 | $2,094 |
Each line is its own median across counties, so the lines do not add up exactly to the total.
The Department of Education's College Scorecard lists 15 colleges in Vermont, 3 of them public. The median public college reports a cost of attendance of $25,988 a year, covering tuition, housing, books and other expenses. Ten years after enrolling, the median school's former students earn $54,359. Compare degrees and schools.
| Addison County | $440,523 | −0.2% | $1,632 | $107,490 | $142,287 |
| Bennington County | $385,532 | +1.0% | $1,860 | $101,123 | $128,986 |
| Caledonia County | $310,376 | +2.9% | $1,300 | $89,400 | $130,907 |
| Chittenden County | $520,280 | +0.1% | $2,158 | $127,076 | $178,397 |
| Essex County | $244,027 | +5.3% | — | $65,547 | $127,285 |
| Franklin County | $378,152 | +1.9% | $1,842 | $98,129 | $157,116 |
| Grand Isle County | $471,442 | +2.9% | — | $116,250 | $173,746 |
| Lamoille County | $501,015 | +0.9% | $1,868 | $90,926 | $140,307 |
| Orange County | $336,029 | −0.4% | — | $95,651 | $138,854 |
| Orleans County | $305,674 | +4.9% | — | $85,316 | $126,151 |
| Rutland County | $321,850 | +3.6% | $1,651 | $89,128 | $131,735 |
| Washington County | $403,250 | +1.4% | $1,663 | $102,232 | $139,937 |
| Windham County | $382,603 | 0.0% | $1,694 | $89,405 | $132,290 |
| Windsor County | $432,807 | +3.0% | $1,851 | $102,294 | $137,530 |
A dash means the source publishes no figure for that county. Home values and rents are Zillow's own county figures only; counties Zillow does not cover are left blank rather than filled with a state average.
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County figures are medians across Vermont's counties, each counting once, so they describe the spread of places rather than of people. Property tax and insurance vary widely; the calculators let you use your own.