Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,951
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$25,859
25.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,285
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
$100,810
Kept after tax
$74,951
Worth in national money
$72,285
State rank
2
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 $100,810, which ranks 2 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 52.12% above the national middle.
- Within Connecticut this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 85 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $100,810 the take-home is $74,951; in national-average money that behaves like $72,285. The average lands at $96,750, below the middle of the range.
- Connecticut ranks 2 of 49 states publishing a median for career/technical education teachers, secondary school, at $100,810 — about 52.12% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Connecticut publishes a median for, career/technical education teachers, secondary school sits 85 of 482 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Connecticut, on $100,810, is $74,951; deflated by the state's price level, $72,285. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $96,750 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $115,980 |
| This salary | $100,810 |
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 | $74,951 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,750 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,784 |
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 | $93,989 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,514 |
| 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 career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Connecticut earn under $100,810 and half over. The published range runs $77,410 at the tenth percentile to $115,980 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $74,951, from $100,810, 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 85 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $72,285, the adjusted value of that $100,810 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 85 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $77,410 to $115,980; 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 $74,951 from $100,810. 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 85 of 482 locally.
- This $72,285 adjusted figure, worked from $100,810, 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 85 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 85 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 $96,750 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $77,410 at the tenth percentile, $115,980 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 $72,285 rather than its face figure.
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, $74,951 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 $96,750. 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 ($77,410 to $115,980) 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 $72,285 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 $74,951 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.