Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,695
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$18,125
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,535
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
$78,820
Kept after tax
$60,695
Worth in national money
$58,535
State rank
39
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Connecticut pays this job a middle wage of $78,820, 39 of 48 states and about 15.47% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Connecticut reports figures for, this is number 166.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $78,820 the take-home is $60,695; in national-average money that behaves like $58,535. The average comes to $101,510, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Connecticut's $78,820 median for chemistry teachers, postsecondary places it 39 of 48 states, about 15.47% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Connecticut's occupational distribution, chemistry teachers, postsecondary sits at 166 of 482 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for chemistry teachers, postsecondary in Connecticut, on $78,820, is $60,695; deflated by the state's price level, $58,535. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $101,510 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $160,060 |
| This salary | $78,820 |
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 | $60,695 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,280 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,613 |
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 | $73,724 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,516 |
| 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 chemistry teachers, postsecondary in Connecticut earn under $78,820 and half over. The published range runs $63,180 at the tenth percentile to $160,060 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $60,695, from $78,820, 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 166 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 $58,535, the adjusted value of that $78,820 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 166 of 482 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for chemistry teachers, postsecondary in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $63,180 to $160,060; 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 $60,695 from $78,820. 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 166 of 482 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $58,535 — the adjusted value of that $78,820 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 166 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 $101,510, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $63,180 at the bottom tenth to $160,060 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $58,535 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, $60,695 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 $101,510. 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 ($63,180) and the ninetieth ($160,060) 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 $58,535 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 $60,695 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.