Baggage Porters and Bellhops in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,128
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$6,292
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,021
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
$37,420
Kept after tax
$31,128
Worth in national money
$30,021
State rank
12
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for baggage porters and bellhops is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $37,420, putting the state 12 of 48 — about 0.92% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in Connecticut, this one sits low: 447 of 482 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $37,420, tax leaves $31,128 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $30,021 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $39,150, since top earners drag the number up.
- For baggage porters and bellhops, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $37,420, ranking 12 of 48 and running about 0.92% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Baggage porters and bellhops occupies position 447 of 482 in Connecticut's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $31,128 remains from the Connecticut median of $37,420 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $30,021 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $39,150 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Baggage Porters and Bellhops
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,350 |
| This salary | $37,420 |
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 | $31,128 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,247 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,164 |
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 | $36,027 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,826 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of baggage porters and bellhops in Connecticut earn under $37,420 and half over. The published range runs $34,010 at the tenth percentile to $46,350 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $31,128, from $37,420, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 447 of 482 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $30,021 uses one figure for the whole of Connecticut. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 482 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 447.
- Figures are distribution medians for baggage porters and bellhops in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,010 to $46,350; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $31,128 from $37,420. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 447 of 482 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $30,021, worked from $37,420, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Connecticut address, on work sitting at 447 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 $39,150, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,010 at the tenth percentile, $46,350 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Connecticut costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $30,021 rather than its face figure.
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 $31,128 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 48 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 $39,150. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,010 to $46,350) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Connecticut rather than a national figure.
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 $30,021 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 $31,128 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.