Carpet Installers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,771
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$9,459
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,356
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
$49,230
Kept after tax
$39,771
Worth in national money
$38,356
State rank
27
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut sits in the middle of the pack for carpet installers. The median is $49,230, ranking 27 of 45 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Carpet installers ranks 353 among 482 occupations Connecticut publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $49,230 the take-home is $39,771. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $38,356 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $55,540, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Connecticut occupies the middle band for carpet installers: a median of $49,230, ranking 27 of 45. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 353 of 482 in Connecticut places carpet installers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Connecticut income tax is $39,771 for carpet installers, from $49,230. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $38,356. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $55,540 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Carpet Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,890 |
| This salary | $49,230 |
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 | $39,771 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,736 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,594 |
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 | $46,784 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,556 |
| 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 carpet installers in Connecticut earn under $49,230 and half over. The published range runs $39,480 at the tenth percentile to $76,890 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $39,771, from $49,230, 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 353 of 482 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,356, the adjusted value of that $49,230 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 353 of 482 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for carpet installers in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,480 to $76,890; 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 $39,771 from $49,230. 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 353 of 482 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $38,356 — the adjusted value of that $49,230 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 353 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 $55,540 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 $39,480 and the top tenth $76,890 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $38,356 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Connecticut then takes its own share, leaving $39,771.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $55,540. 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 ($39,480) and the ninetieth ($76,890) 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 $38,356 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 $39,771 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.