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Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other pay in Vermont and Wyoming
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other is $53,150 per year in Vermont. It is $73,270 per year in Wyoming. Vermont is 27.5% below Wyoming on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 21-1099 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 2,850 wage and salary jobs in Vermont and 80 in Wyoming. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.