Administrative Services Managers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$87,429
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$32,771
27.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,318
Connecticut costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Connecticut — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$120,200
Kept after tax
$87,429
Worth in national money
$84,318
State rank
16
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Connecticut pays this job a middle wage of $120,200, ranking 16 of 50 states and sitting about 5.32% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Connecticut. It ranks 46 out of 482 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $120,200 the take-home is $87,429; in national-average money that behaves like $84,318. The average comes to $133,910, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Connecticut's median for administrative services managers is $120,200, about 5.32% above the national figure and 16 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Connecticut, administrative services managers ranks 46 of 482 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Take-home for administrative services managers in Connecticut, on $120,200, is $87,429; deflated by the state's price level, $84,318. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $133,910 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Administrative Services Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $120,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $191,760 |
| This salary | $120,200 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Connecticut | $87,429 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,391 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,787 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $111,725 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,282 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Connecticut earn less than $120,200. The published range is $72,870 up to $191,760, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $87,429 take-home in Connecticut comes from $120,200. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 46 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $84,318, the adjusted value of that $120,200 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 46 of 482 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for administrative services managers in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $72,870 to $191,760. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $87,429, from $120,200, assumes a single Connecticut filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 46 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $84,318 — the adjusted value of that $120,200 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 46 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $133,910, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $72,870, the highest tenth $191,760, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Connecticut run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $84,318 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Connecticut adds its own income tax on top — which is why $87,429 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Connecticut is $133,910. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($72,870) and the ninetieth ($191,760) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Connecticut's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $84,318 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $87,429 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Connecticut income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.