SALARY · ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, EXCEPT SPECIAL EDUCATION · VERMONT

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education salary in Vermont

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Vermont, the middle elementary school teachers, except special education earned $63,070 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$63,070

Not published per hour at the median · That is $900 (1.4 percent) below the national median of $63,970 for this occupation.

$68,410Mean annual salary
Not publishedMean hourly wage
$3,610People employed in this job in Vermont

Salary range

25th: $59,300Median: $63,07075th: $78,800
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$59,300
Median (50th percentile)$63,070
75th percentile$78,800
Mean$68,410

The middle half of workers earned from $59,300 to $78,800 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED PAY BEFORE STATE TAX

$52,857 a year
$4,405 a month
Federal tax $5,388 · FICA $4,825

State tax is not in this figure. State tax for Vermont is not included, because the full 2026 state table for Vermont has not been verified in this build. Treat this figure as before state tax, not as a final take-home figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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