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Average Commercial Divers Salary in Vermont

Commercial Divers in Vermont earn a median annual salary of $85,780, which is +17.5% compared to the national median. There are 80 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Vermont (state).

$85,780
Vermont median annual wage
$41/hour median
+17.5%
Difference vs national median
National median is $72,990
80
Local employment
0.3 jobs per 1,000 workers
11.38
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$83,260
25th
$83,260
Median
$85,780
75th
$101,690
90th
$101,690

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Vermont, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
98.0%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$87,568
Goods: 97.3%
Services: 125.8%
Rents: 86.5%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
Washington $161,800 Compare N/A
New York $157,800 Compare 170
Rhode Island $126,320 Compare N/A
California $101,540 Compare 310
Hawaii $95,750 Compare 70
New Jersey $86,920 Compare N/A

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Vermont

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Surgeons, All Other $438,530 3.31
Anesthesiologists $434,780 1.13
Neurologists $434,730 2.01
Emergency Medicine Physicians $430,820 1.95
Obstetricians And Gynecologists $418,760 2.13
Physicians, All Other $343,050 0.66
Psychiatrists $302,770 1.55
Nurse Anesthetists $283,060 0.40

Vermont has salary data for 541 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Surgeons, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Commercial Divers in Vermont

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Commercial Divers are projected to change by +8.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 400 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.