Editing Vermont (section)

===Personal income===

{{See also|Vermont locations by per capita income}}

In {{As of|2021|bare=yes}}, the state had a median household income of $67,674, with approximately 10.3% of the population at or below the poverty line.<ref name="United States Census Bureau" /> The median wage in the state was $22.75 hourly or $47,320 annually in {{As of|2022|bare=yes}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rank List: States in Profile |url=https://www.statsamerica.org/sip/rank_list.aspx?rank_label=ow_c&item_in=00-0000&ct=S09 |access-date=April 29, 2023 |website=www.statsamerica.org}}</ref> In 2007, about 80% of the 68,000 Vermonters who qualify for food stamps received them.<ref>{{Cite book|author = Ober, Lauren |title = Food stamp program set for expansion|publisher = Burlington Free Press|date = November 9, 2008}}</ref> 40% of seniors 75 years or older live on annual incomes of $21,660 or less.<ref name="bfp090628">{{cite news|first=Jim|last=Coutts|title=My Turn:Vermont's energy support program is long overdue|newspaper=Burlington Free Press|location=Burlington, Vermont|pages= 7B|date=June 28, 2009}}</ref> In 2011, 15.2% of Vermonters received [[Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program|food stamps]]. This compares to 14.8% nationally.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Emily | last=Guerin | title=Use of food stamps rises in Orleans County | newspaper=The Chronicle | location=Barton, Vermont | pages= 13A | date=May 28, 2014 }}</ref>

In 2011, 91,000 seniors received an annual average of $14,000 from [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]]. This was 59% of the average senior's income. This contributed $1.7 billion to the state's economy.<ref name="AARP Vermont-2012">{{Cite news | author=AARP Vermont | title=How fiscal cliff debate affects seniors | newspaper=the Chronicle | location=Barton, Vermont | page= 6 | date=December 12, 2012 }}</ref>