Vermont / Children and Families / Commissioner
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employees hold this title in Children and Families. Median total compensation for the role is $164,029, above the department median of $74,984.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Vermont, the median wage for Chief Executives — about 360 people — is $175,070. Children and Families pays a median base salary of $164,029 for this role, 6% below that figure — about the 43rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Chief Executives across every employer in Vermont, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Children and Families’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Chief Executives — about 204,350 people — is $213,990. Children and Families’s median base salary is 23% below that national figure, about the 35th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Vermont range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Children and Families is $164,029, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Commissioner is held in 20 Vermont departments. In Children and Families, the median of $164,029 ranks #7 of 20.
Median total compensation for the Commissioner role in other Vermontdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 11 jurisdictions. In Vermont, the median of $161,242 ranks #6 of 11. See Commissioner across all of Vermont →
Median total compensation for comparable Commissionerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Commissioner/Children and Families
Sandra Hoffman works as a Commissioner for Children and Families. Their status is exempt. Sandra earned $164,029 in 2026.