Commercial Pilots in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$158,630
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$73,530
31.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$152,986
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
$232,160
Kept after tax
$158,630
Worth in national money
$152,986
State rank
1
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for commercial pilots is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $232,160, putting the state 1 of 48 — about 88.41% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Connecticut reports, commercial pilots comes in at 3 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $232,160, tax leaves $158,630 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $152,986 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $231,650.
- For commercial pilots, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $232,160, ranking 1 of 48 and running about 88.41% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Commercial pilots ranks 3 of 482 occupations by median in Connecticut, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After tax, $158,630 remains from the Connecticut median of $232,160 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $152,986 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $231,650 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Commercial Pilots
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $86,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $232,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $321,270 |
| This salary | $232,160 |
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 | $158,630 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $171,470 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$23,469 |
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 | $213,174 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$32,513 |
| 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 $232,160. The published range is $86,840 up to $321,270, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $158,630 take-home in Connecticut comes from $232,160. 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 3 of 482.
- Two cautions on $152,986, the adjusted value of that $232,160 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 3 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for commercial pilots in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $86,840 to $321,270. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $158,630, from $232,160, 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 3 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 48 for it.
- This $152,986 adjusted figure, worked from $232,160, 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 3 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 3 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $86,840 at the bottom tenth to $321,270 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 $152,986 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Connecticut adds its own income tax on top — which is why $158,630 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($86,840) and the ninetieth ($321,270) 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 $152,986 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 $158,630 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.