Vermont
Vermont paycheck calculator
Vermont’s brackets run from 3.35% to 8.75% after a $7,650 single / $15,300 joint standard deduction and a $5,300 / $10,600 personal exemption. Burlington does not add a city wage tax here. The schedule is progressive in the ordinary way — a middle salary is not taxed at 8.75% on every dollar.
Some higher-income Vermonters owe the greater of regular tax or 3% of federal AGI. That minimum tax is not computed, so a high earner’s line can run low. A traditional 401(k) reduces the regular Vermont base; FICA does not.
Cross-border work into New Hampshire or New York is common. Opening this page estimates Vermont; it does not allocate wage days to the other state or invent a credit.
Example take-home
| Salary | Federal | FICA | State | Payroll | Local | Net / year | Net / check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000.00 | $2,620.00 | $3,060.00 | $906.18 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $33,413.82 | $1,285.15 |
| $60,000.00 | $5,020.00 | $4,590.00 | $1,576.18 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $48,813.82 | $1,877.45 |
| $80,000.00 | $8,770.00 | $6,120.00 | $2,819.80 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $62,290.20 | $2,395.77 |
| $100,000.00 | $13,170.00 | $7,650.00 | $4,139.80 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $75,040.20 | $2,886.16 |
| $150,000.00 | $24,734.00 | $11,475.00 | $7,613.30 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $106,177.70 | $4,083.76 |
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What this page includes
- Federal income tax using the 2026 standard deduction and Rev. Proc. 2025-32 brackets
- Social Security (6.2% up to $184,500) and Medicare (1.45%, plus Additional Medicare when wages clear the filing-status threshold)
- Vermont: graduated state income tax (top 8.75%)
- No employee state disability / paid-leave premium modeled for this state yet
- Local wage tax only if you select a city/county or enter a custom percent
Local tax
Vermont does not have a local wage tax in this file. City costs show up in rent and sales tax, not as a second income-tax line on the stub.
What is not included
Credits, itemized deductions, multi-state credits, property tax, sales tax, and unsourced local rates are not included. Employer payroll tables can differ from this annualized estimate. This Vermont page does not invent taxes that are missing from the 2026 data files.
Questions
Where does Vermont’s 8.75% rate show up on a paycheck estimate?
Only on the highest slice of taxable income after the $7,650 single standard deduction and personal exemption — not on every dollar.
Is Vermont’s 3% AGI minimum tax included?
No. Higher-income filers who owe the greater of regular tax or 3% of federal AGI may owe more than this line.
Does Burlington add a local wage tax?
Not in this model. The state brackets are the Vermont income tax applied.
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Sources
- IRS newsroom, tax year 2026 inflation adjustments (Rev. Proc. 2025-32)
- Rev. Proc. 2025-32 (PDF)
- Tax Foundation, 2026 federal income tax brackets
- IRS Publication 15-T, Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods
- SSA, Contribution and benefit base
- IRS Publication 15 (Circular E), Employer's Tax Guide
- IRS, Questions and answers for the Additional Medicare Tax
- Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2026
- IRS, state government websites index
See a rate that looks wrong? The sources and the gaps are public.