Communications Teachers, Postsecondary in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,621
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$24,589
25.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,037
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
$97,210
Kept after tax
$72,621
Worth in national money
$70,037
State rank
4
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Connecticut pays this job a middle wage of $97,210, ranking 4 of 48 states and sitting about 23.71% above the national middle.
- Within Connecticut this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 104 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $97,210 the take-home is $72,621. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $70,037 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $96,990, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Connecticut's median for communications teachers, postsecondary is $97,210, about 23.71% above the national figure and 4 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Connecticut publishes a median for, communications teachers, postsecondary sits 104 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Connecticut income tax is $72,621 for communications teachers, postsecondary, from $97,210. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $70,037. ⚠️ 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 $96,990 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Communications Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $134,890 |
| This salary | $97,210 |
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 | $72,621 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,217 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,425 |
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 | $90,676 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,019 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $97,210 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $58,020 and the ninetieth is $134,890 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $72,621, from $97,210, 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 104 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $70,037, the adjusted value of that $97,210 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 104 of 482 locally.
- The Connecticut median of $97,210 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $58,020 to $134,890. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $72,621 from $97,210. 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 104 of 482 locally.
- This $70,037 adjusted figure, worked from $97,210, 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 104 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 104 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $58,020 and the top tenth $134,890 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Connecticut run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $70,037 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $72,621 remains.
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 ($58,020) and the ninetieth ($134,890) 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 $70,037 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 $72,621 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.