Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area Salaries

BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)

Fast Food and Counter Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area

Fast Food and Counter Workers publishes $35,190 here versus $31,200 nationally (+12.8%; 2,160metro-area jobs). Next is Cashiers at $35,410 locally versus $32,880 nationally (+7.7%).

  1. Fast Food and Counter Workers$35,190 in Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area sits 12.8% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,160 published local jobs).
  2. Cashiers$35,410 in Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area sits 7.7% above the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,230 published local jobs).
  3. Retail Salespersons$37,490 in Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area sits 5.9% above the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,320 published local jobs).
  4. General and Operations Managers$100,560 in Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area sits 4.9% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,360 published local jobs).

Fast Food and Counter Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 5000001 · Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $64K mean

MEAN-HIGH · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL

  • MEAN-HIGH #119/528
  • RPP-UNK RPP n/a
  • OCC-MID 319 occs
  • TOP-LEAD Emergency Medi… · $408K
  • EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
  • TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
  • PHOTO-FINISH Northern Vermont…
  • BOOK-FULL 300 rows · May 2025

Read with Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area (+$26 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data

Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.

Published-row mean neighbourhood around Southern Vermont nonmetropo…

Guayama, PR · lowest mean: $32KGuayama, PR · lowest mean$32KSouthern Vermont non… · this MSA: $64KSouthern Vermont non… · this…$64KNorthern Vermont non… · near: $64KNorthern Vermont non… · near$64KOshkosh-Neenah, WI · near: $64KOshkosh-Neenah, WI · near$64KHelena, MT · near: $64KHelena, MT · near$64KNorth Coast Region o… · near: $64KNorth Coast Region o… · near$64KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean: $119KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · high…$119K
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Label Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean $32K
Southern Vermont non… · this MSA $64K
Northern Vermont non… · near $64K
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI · near $64K
Helena, MT · near $64K
North Coast Region o… · near $64K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean $119K

Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area

Financial Managers and Lawyers lead published employment inside Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. Financial Managers 470 jobs · $125,350
  2. 2. Lawyers 330 jobs · $149,990
  3. 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 260 jobs · $135,260
  4. 4. Physicians, All Other 230 jobs · $337,080
  5. 5. Nurse Practitioners 220 jobs · $133,750
  6. 6. Sales Managers 200 jobs · $146,380
  7. 7. Pharmacists 150 jobs · $136,490
  8. 8. Industrial Production Managers 150 jobs · $111,420
  9. 9. Management Analysts 130 jobs · $126,080
  10. 10. Physician Assistants 120 jobs · $138,460
  11. 11. Marketing Managers 110 jobs · $141,660
  12. 12. Chief Executives 90 jobs · $167,090
  13. 13. Electrical Engineers 90 jobs · $110,290
  14. 14. Architectural and Engineering Managers 80 jobs · $152,000
  15. 15. Natural Sciences Managers 80 jobs · $140,900
  16. 16. Family Medicine Physicians 70 jobs · $253,840
  17. 17. Dentists, General 70 jobs · $210,990
  18. 18. Veterinarians 70 jobs · $132,690

Occupations Tracked

319

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$63,852

employment-weighted, 300 complete rows

Top Salary

$408,030

Emergency Medicine Physicians

Top-pay occupations in Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, by employment

Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.

# Occupation Median Salary
1 Financial Managers $125,350
2 Lawyers $149,990
3 Medical and Health Services Managers $135,260
4 Physicians, All Other $337,080
5 Nurse Practitioners $133,750
6 Sales Managers $146,380
7 Pharmacists $136,490
8 Industrial Production Managers $111,420
9 Management Analysts $126,080
10 Physician Assistants $138,460
11 Marketing Managers $141,660
12 Chief Executives $167,090
13 Electrical Engineers $110,290
14 Architectural and Engineering Managers $152,000
15 Natural Sciences Managers $140,900
16 Family Medicine Physicians $253,840
17 Dentists, General $210,990
18 Veterinarians $132,690
19 Human Resources Managers $127,610
20 Fundraising Managers $129,170
21 Mechanical Engineers $112,030
22 Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products $129,630
23 Emergency Medicine Physicians $408,030
24 Optometrists $136,550
25 Computer Occupations, All Other $112,510

Lowest Paying Jobs in Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area

Other BLS Wage Areas in VT

Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.

Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale

Two OEWS peer sets outside VT. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($63,852 here) and summed published employment.

Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.

Frequently Asked Questions

What average wage does BLS publish for this nonmetropolitan area?
BLS does not publish a single All Occupations mean for every nonmetropolitan reporting area on this page. WageDex's employment-weighted mean of the 300 published occupation means with employment estimates is $63,852/year (OEWS May 2025). That figure covers only occupations BLS published for this local area — 319 rows carry a median here. Averaging the 25 highest medians alone yields $160,210, which describes the displayed top tier only.
What is the highest paying job in Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area?
The highest paying occupation in Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area is Emergency Medicine Physicians with a median salary of $408,030/year. The second highest is Physicians, All Other at $337,080/year.
What jobs pay the least in Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area?
The lowest paying occupation in Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area is Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other with a median salary of $29,140/year according to BLS data.
Where do these nonmetropolitan wage rows come from?
Every occupation wage on this page is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 estimates for BLS nonmetropolitan reporting areas. OEWS surveys about 1.1 million establishments; nonmetro tables use BLS's balance-of-state geography, not a city MSA. WageDex does not invent missing occupations — only published rows appear.

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Last updated: May 2025 (BLS OEWS annual release). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The local-area benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

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