Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,141
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$24,329
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,574
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
$96,470
Kept after tax
$72,141
Worth in national money
$69,574
State rank
16
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $96,470, which ranks 16 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 14% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Connecticut. It ranks 108 out of 482 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $96,470, tax leaves $72,141 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $69,574 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $109,380, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut ranks 16 of 49 states publishing a median for biological science teachers, postsecondary, at $96,470 — about 14% 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.
- Within Connecticut, biological science teachers, postsecondary ranks 108 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.
- After tax, $72,141 remains from the Connecticut median of $96,470 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $69,574 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $109,380 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $200,720 |
| This salary | $96,470 |
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 | $72,141 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,697 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,352 |
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 | $89,994 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,918 |
| 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 $96,470. The published range is $61,330 up to $200,720, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $72,141 take-home in Connecticut comes from $96,470. 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 108 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $69,574 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 108.
- Reported values are medians; for biological science teachers, postsecondary in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $61,330 to $200,720. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $72,141, from $96,470, 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 108 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $69,574, worked from $96,470, 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 108 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $109,380 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $61,330 and the top tenth $200,720 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $69,574 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Connecticut's own levy, $72,141 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $109,380. 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 ($61,330) and the ninetieth ($200,720) 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 $69,574 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 $72,141 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.