Vermont / Secretary of State's Office / Financial Manager I
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
1 employees hold this title in Secretary of State's Office. Median total compensation for the role is $87,443, above the department median of $86,102.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Vermont, the median wage for Financial Managers — about 1,790 people — is $128,690. Secretary of State's Office pays a median base salary of $87,443 for this role, 32% below that figure — about the 15th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Financial Managers across every employer in Vermont, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Secretary of State's Office’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Financial Managers — about 841,710 people — is $166,570. Secretary of State's Office’s median base salary is 48% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 Secretary of State's Office is $87,443, 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
Financial Manager I is held in 23 Vermont departments. In Secretary of State's Office, the median of $87,443 ranks #4 of 23.
Median total compensation for the Financial Manager I role in other Vermontdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In Vermont, the median of $84,614 ranks #4 of 6. See Financial Manager across all of Vermont →
Median total compensation for comparable Financial Managerroles 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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Financial Manager I/Secretary of State's Office
Liza Nesbitt works as a Financial Manager I for Secretary of State's Office. Their status is classified. Liza earned $87,443 in 2026.