Vermont Paycheck Calculator 2026
This Vermont paycheck calculator shows what actually lands in your bank account each pay period in 2026. Enter your gross salary and the tool applies 2026 federal brackets, Social Security and Medicare, and Vermont withholding, then splits the result across weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly and monthly pay schedules. Vermont uses a progressive income tax with 4 brackets running from 3.35% up to 8.75%, applied after a state standard deduction of $7,000.
Vermont Paycheck Calculator
Your salary before any deductions.
How Vermont payroll withholding works
Every Vermont paycheck is reduced in the same order: pre-tax deductions first (401(k), HSA, employer health premiums), then federal income tax on what remains, then FICA on your full gross, then Vermont state withholding.
FICA is fixed nationwide in 2026: 6.2% Social Security on the first $184,500 of wages and 1.45% Medicare on everything, with an extra 0.9% Medicare surtax above $200,000. Only the state layer changes when you move, which is why two workers earning the same salary in Vermont and New Hampshire see different deposits.
Vermont has no separate city or county income tax, so the state figure above is the full sub-federal income tax you pay.
Pay frequency in Vermont
Most tourism employers around Burlington run biweekly payroll (26 checks a year), while public-sector and salaried office roles often use semi-monthly (24 checks). Biweekly means two months each year contain three paychecks — a useful budgeting quirk if your rent is around $1,700.
Switching frequency does not change your annual tax; it only changes how withholding is spread. If your employer withholds per-period using annualized tables, a three-paycheck month can look artificially light on tax.
Budgeting a Burlington paycheck
Cost of living in Vermont sits 16% above the national average (index 116), median household income is $74,014, and a one-bedroom apartment in Burlington rents for roughly $1,700 a month.
Vermont's top rate of 8.75% kicks in at $242K — and combines with one of the highest property tax burdens in the nation.
Local and payroll taxes Vermont adds on top
Vermont's voluntary paid family leave program is opt-in, so no mandatory extra withholding applies. That deduction sits outside the federal and state income tax lines, so build it into your own budget on top of the numbers above.
Vermont has no separate city or county income tax, so the state figure above is the full sub-federal income tax you pay.
Payroll systems apply these local layers automatically, so check a real Vermont pay stub against the estimate above: a missing local tax line is the usual reason a paycheck comes in lower than a state-only calculator suggests.
Working across a state line from Vermont
Vermont has no income-tax reciprocity agreements, so if you live here and work across a state line you generally file a nonresident return in the work state and claim a credit at home to avoid double taxation.
Remote and hybrid work complicates this further: most states tax income where the work is physically performed, so a Burlington resident spending part of the year at a client site in New Hampshire may owe a nonresident return there. Keep a day-count log if you split time between states.
The rest of your Vermont tax bill
Vermont charges a 6% state sales tax, homeowners pay an average effective property tax of 1.83% of market value, and the minimum wage in force during 2026 is $14.42 an hour.
Some towns add a 1% local option tax.
Income tax is only one part of a state's take. Vermont recovers revenue through sales and property tax as well, which is why headline income tax rates alone are a poor guide to how far a salary really goes. Vermont exempts Social Security below income thresholds and offers limited exclusions for certain pensions.
Vermont vs New Hampshire on the same salary
On a $75,000 salary, a single filer keeps about $58,661 a year in Vermont against roughly $61,593 in New Hampshire — a difference of $2,931, or $244 a month.
Effective combined rates are 21.8% in Vermont and 17.9% in New Hampshire. Set that gap against living costs: index 116 here versus 109 there, with property tax at 1.83% and 1.93% respectively.
Vermont income tax brackets 2026 (single filer)
| Taxable income | Rate |
|---|---|
| $0 – $47,900 | 3.35% |
| $47,900 – $124,000 | 6.60% |
| $124,000 – $242,000 | 7.60% |
| $242,000 and up | 8.75% |