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%).
- 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).
- Cashiers$35,410 in Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area sits 7.7% above the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,230 published local jobs).
- 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).
- 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…
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. Financial Managers 470 jobs · $125,350
- 2. Lawyers 330 jobs · $149,990
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 260 jobs · $135,260
- 4. Physicians, All Other 230 jobs · $337,080
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 220 jobs · $133,750
- 6. Sales Managers 200 jobs · $146,380
- 7. Pharmacists 150 jobs · $136,490
- 8. Industrial Production Managers 150 jobs · $111,420
- 9. Management Analysts 130 jobs · $126,080
- 10. Physician Assistants 120 jobs · $138,460
- 11. Marketing Managers 110 jobs · $141,660
- 12. Chief Executives 90 jobs · $167,090
- 13. Electrical Engineers 90 jobs · $110,290
- 14. Architectural and Engineering Managers 80 jobs · $152,000
- 15. Natural Sciences Managers 80 jobs · $140,900
- 16. Family Medicine Physicians 70 jobs · $253,840
- 17. Dentists, General 70 jobs · $210,990
- 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
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $29,140 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $30,170 |
| Animal Caretakers | $33,910 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $33,960 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $35,190 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $35,280 |
| Cashiers | $35,410 |
| Dishwashers | $35,490 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $35,520 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $35,750 |
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.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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.
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How to use Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area wage figures in a real decision
- Emergency Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area at $408,030/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Emergency Medicine Physicians
- Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $63,852 across 300 occupation rows with employment estimates. Understanding BLS data
- Compare this nonmetropolitan area against the statewide occupation table for VT before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
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.