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Investment Banker Salary in Vermont (2026)

The average Investment Banker in Vermont earns around $380,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $238,390/year ($19,866/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$238,390
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$19,866
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$9,169
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$115/hr
Federal Tax
$96,134
State Tax
$26,907
FICA Taxes
$18,569
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

37.27%
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Investment Banker Salary Ranges in Vermont

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$200,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$380,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$1,500,000

/year

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Not all Investment Bankers earn the same — not even close

Vermont's investment banker market is anchored by VT middle-market M&A advisory (National Life Group Montpelier + GlobalFoundries Essex Junction + Beta Technologies South Burlington + Burton Snowboards + Cabot Cooperative + VT dairy + ag M&A + the substantial post-2024 Beta Series C + post-2024 Beta IPO speculation), VT UHNW family office + estate advisory (post-2020 Burlington + Stowe + Manchester + Brattleboro + Lake Champlain UHNW migration leveraging VT estate tax exemption $5M + 16% top + the substantial VT-HQ wealth advisory), VT regional banking IB (Union Bank Morrisville + Northfield Savings + Mascoma Bank Lebanon NH-VT + Community Bank N.A.), UVM Medical Center + UVM Health Network healthcare M&A advisory, plus UVM Grossman School of Business + Champlain Stiller School of Business CFA + IB pipeline (most VT IB careers route through NYC + Boston before VT M&A advisory roles).

Managing Director / Partner

$385,000–$1,150,000+ bonus

MD at boutique middle-market IB · VT M&A book + UHNW advisory

Director / Sr VP

$255,000–$525,000+ bonus

Director at VT-active IB · middle-market M&A + UHNW · origination

Vice President

$195,000–$365,000+ bonus

VP at VT IB · middle-market + family office execution

Senior Associate

$148,000–$225,000+ bonus

Sr Associate · post-MBA · VT IB + family office origination

Associate (Post-MBA)

$128,000–$185,000+ bonus

Post-MBA Associate · VT M&A pitch + execution + due diligence

Senior Analyst (3rd Year)

$108,000–$162,000+ bonus

3rd-year Analyst · VT M&A modeling + pitch books

Analyst (1st-2nd Year)

$92,000–$128,000+ bonus

1st-2nd year Analyst · UVM Grossman + Middlebury business recruit

Sr Wealth / Private Banker (UHNW)

$135,000–$245,000+ bonus

Burlington + Stowe + Manchester UHNW · post-2020 VT family office

Sr M&A Lawyer (VT Middle Market)

$215,000–$425,000+ bonus

Sr M&A counsel · VT middle-market M&A + insurance regulatory + estate

Sr Corporate Development (National Life / Beta)

$148,000–$245,000+ bonus

National Life Group + Beta + GF corp dev · in-house M&A

Worth knowing: VT middle-market M&A + post-2020 VT UHNW migration + Beta Technologies post-2024 Series C IPO speculation tri-anchor is one of the country's distinctive concentrated US single-state middle-market + UHNW migration + eVTOL IPO speculation IB cluster and a feature most national IB surveys understate for VT. VT middle-market M&A (National Life Group Montpelier + GlobalFoundries Essex Junction + Beta Technologies + Burton Snowboards + Cabot Cooperative + the substantial VT dairy + ag M&A + the substantial post-2024 VT middle-market substantial activity). Beta Technologies South Burlington (post-2017 founding + the substantial Beta ~$1B+ Series B + C funding + the substantial post-2024 Beta IPO speculation + the substantial Beta UPS + Air New Zealand + USAF Agility Prime partnerships + the substantial post-2024 Beta Plattsburgh NY production scale). post-2020 VT UHNW migration (Burlington + Stowe + Manchester + Brattleboro + Lake Champlain UHNW + post-2020 NY + MA + CT remote-work-enabled migration + the substantial VT estate tax exemption $5M + top 16% — lower than federal $13.99M driving substantial VT estate planning practice + the substantial VT-HQ wealth advisory growth). UVM Medical Center + UVM Health Network healthcare M&A advisory. VT regional banking. VT progressive top 8.75% + VT NOT a RTW state anchor the VT IB proposition.

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