Job-title file

Trooper

Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.

160 employees hold this title in Public Safety. Median total compensation for the role is $91,736, above the department median of $76,232.

Employees: 160
Total payroll: $15.2M
Role median: $91,736
Agency median: $76,232
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$81,189$121,499+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 160 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Trooper pay vs. Vermont

Across all employers in Vermont, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 1,020 people — is $68,910. Public Safety pays a median base salary of $91,736 for this role, 33% above that figure — about the 87th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Public Safety sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$53,950

$59,680

$68,910

$79,080

$95,530

Public Safety median · $91,736

The bar is the range of annual wages for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers across every employer in Vermont, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Safety’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 670,520 people — is $76,210. Public Safety’s median base salary is 20% above that national figure, about the 68th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$47,510

$59,290

$76,210

$97,600

$115,120

Public Safety median · $91,736

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 Public Safety is $91,736, 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 jurisdictions

Trooper beyond Vermont

This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Vermont, the median of $91,736 ranks #2 of 7. See Trooper across all of Vermont →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

$102,789 · 1,185

$80,274 · 2,166

$78,432 · 928

$72,194 · 107

$59,500 · 16

$38,888 · 209

Median total compensation for comparable Trooperroles 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