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Burlington, VT
$1,604after tax and rent
Photo: Jared and Corin / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0
On a $83,730 household paycheck in Burlington.
Modelled metro
So you know: homicide deaths in Burlington are under the US rate in this release, 1.6 versus 6.5 per 100,000. CDC via County Health Rankings, CDC NVSS 2017–2023 (CHR 2025 release).
Move Score
61
Each row is 0–100. The Move Score is their weighted average, rounded, and it stops at 99. Rent is only in Housing. Jobs is off when the paycheck is the same in every city. Schools is off when there are no kids.
The 6 rows that are on. Their weighted average is 61.1, and that is the score, rounded, up to 99. Rows that are off stay out. The percent on each row is its weight. Tap a row to see what it measures. How the score is weighted
Example household
Example: $83,730, same pay in every city · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
These figures are projections built from available public data. Conditions change, and the numbers may not reflect current prices, taxes, or immigration rules. Check official sources before you make decisions.
After tax and rent
$1,604
Home city
Not picked
Salary
$83,730
Same everywhere
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Stats
- Rent
- $2,137
- 2 bd median
- Take-home
- $5,345
- Per month
- Tax
- 23%
- Of pay
- Prices
- 1% above
- US, besides rent
Next
$1,604 / mo
The month
One earner. 1 bd.
See full breakdown
- Taxes$1,632
- Rent$1,795
- Other$1,946
- Left$1,604
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $83,730
- Federal income tax
- −$9,591
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,405
- State income tax (VT)
- −$3,589
- Take-home pay
- $64,145
- Effective tax rate
- 23.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,795
- Groceries
- $403
- Getting around
- $484
- Healthcare
- $454
- Utilities and internet
- $252
- Everything else
- $353
- Total spending
- $3,741
After tax and rent
$1,604 left/mo
County by county
3 counties. Rent in this table is the Census median of what residents pay. The city figure is Zillow asking rent.
| County | People | Median rent | 2-bed rent | Home value | Income | Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chittenden CountyVT | 169k75% | $1,590 | $1,670 | $404,500 | $94,310 | 22 min |
| Franklin CountyVT | 50k22% | $1,164 | $1,217 | $285,500 | $79,078 | 27 min |
| Grand Isle CountyVT | 7,3933% | $1,436 | $1,547 | $363,500 | $90,625 | 33 min |
Census ACS 2023. “—” is not published.
Working remotely
If the paycheck stays the same
One adult, one bedroom, $120,000 held flat in every city. That leaves $3,529 a month here after tax and rent. One-bedroom rent in that math is $1,795.
- Work from home
- 16.3% of workers
- ACS 2024 1-year
- Home internet
- 81.4% of households
- Cable, fiber optic, or DSL
- Paid to move, remote job
- No open remote grant on this metro
Worked-from-home share is from ACS 2024 1-year. Internet is households with cable, fiber optic, or DSL, from ACS 2023 5-year.
The place
23 min commute. One car.
- Weather
- Not shown for this metro.
- Getting around
- One car
- Average commute
- 23 minutes each way
- Size
- 227k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $370,400. About $2,847/mo with 20% down.
- Taxes
- Vermont income tax tops out at 8.75%. Sales tax 6.4%, property tax 1.58%.
Schools
- Students
- 29,755
- Pupils per teacher
- 10.9
- Districts
- 19
- Champlain Valley Unified Union School District #564,044 students
- Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union SD #513,656 students
- Burlington School District3,429 students
- South Burlington School District2,646 students
- Maple Run Unified Union School District #572,611 students
NCES 2024-2025. The district count is every public district in the metro. The names are the largest 5.
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Take-home by job in Burlington
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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Questions
How is take-home pay in Burlington calculated?
Burlington is in Vermont, which taxes wage income. Take-home is a local salary minus federal tax, payroll tax, and that state tax. Leftover is what remains after rent and bills.
What does rent cost in Burlington?
About $1,795 for a one-bedroom and $2,137 for a two-bedroom in Burlington, VT. Burlington averages 158 sunny days, a July high of 79°F, and a 23-minute commute.
How do I compare Burlington with another city?
Put Burlington next to another city on the same job and household. The gap is the tax bill and the rent.
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