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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