Bill and Account Collectors in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,291
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$11,639
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,644
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
$57,930
Kept after tax
$46,291
Worth in national money
$44,644
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut is one of the better-paying states for bill and account collectors. The middle earner takes $57,930, which ranks 5 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 23.18% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Connecticut, this sits in the middle: 306 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $57,930, tax leaves $46,291 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $44,644 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $58,640, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut ranks 5 of 51 states publishing a median for bill and account collectors, at $57,930 — about 23.18% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Bill and account collectors ranks 306 of 482 occupations in Connecticut by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After tax, $46,291 remains from the Connecticut median of $57,930 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $44,644 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $58,640 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Bill and Account Collectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,180 |
| This salary | $57,930 |
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 | $46,291 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,727 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,500 |
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 | $54,898 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,651 |
| 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 bill and account collectors in Connecticut earn under $57,930 and half over. The published range runs $40,540 at the tenth percentile to $77,180 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Connecticut's $46,291, worked from $57,930. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 306 of 482.
- Two cautions on $44,644, the adjusted value of that $57,930 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Connecticut. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 306 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for bill and account collectors in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,540 to $77,180; 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.
- The Connecticut take-home of $46,291, on $57,930 for work ranking 306 of 482 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 306 of 482 in the state.
- This $44,644 adjusted figure, worked from $57,930, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 306 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 306 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $40,540 at the bottom tenth to $77,180 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $44,644 of national purchasing power.
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 $46,291 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,540 to $77,180) 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 $44,644 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 $46,291 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.