Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,042
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$5,828
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,974
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
$35,870
Kept after tax
$30,042
Worth in national money
$28,974
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Connecticut is 24 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $35,870. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Connecticut this is lower-paid work. Of 482 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 466. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $35,870, tax leaves $30,042 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $28,974 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $38,380, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut ranks 24 of 51 for cleaners of vehicles and equipment at $35,870. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Connecticut reports, cleaners of vehicles and equipment ranks 466 of 482, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $30,042 remains from the Connecticut median of $35,870 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $28,974 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $38,380 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,870 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,910 |
| This salary | $35,870 |
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 | $30,042 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,002 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,929 |
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 | $34,676 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,543 |
| 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 $35,870. The published range is $34,010 up to $45,910, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $30,042 take-home in Connecticut comes from $35,870. 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 466 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $28,974, the adjusted value of that $35,870 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 466 of 482 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for cleaners of vehicles and equipment in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,010 to $45,910. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $30,042, from $35,870, 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 466 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $28,974 — the adjusted value of that $35,870 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 466 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 $38,380, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,010 at the bottom tenth to $45,910 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $28,974 rather than its face figure.
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 $30,042.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $38,380. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,010 to $45,910) 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 $28,974 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 $30,042 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.