Computer Network Support Specialists in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,686
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$19,204
23.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,455
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
$81,890
Kept after tax
$62,686
Worth in national money
$60,455
State rank
11
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 $81,890, ranking 11 of 48 states and sitting about 7.44% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 148 among 482 occupations Connecticut publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $81,890 the take-home is $62,686. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $60,455 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $91,080, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Connecticut's median for computer network support specialists is $81,890, about 7.44% above the national figure and 11 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.
- Position 148 of 482 in Connecticut places computer network support specialists 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 $62,686 for computer network support specialists, from $81,890. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $60,455. ⚠️ 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 $91,080 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Computer Network Support Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,940 |
| This salary | $81,890 |
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 | $62,686 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,440 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,916 |
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 | $76,554 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,934 |
| 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 $81,890. The published range is $60,080 up to $128,940, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $62,686, from $81,890, 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 148 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $60,455, the adjusted value of that $81,890 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 148 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for computer network support specialists in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,080 to $128,940. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $62,686 from $81,890. 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 148 of 482 locally.
- This $60,455 adjusted figure, worked from $81,890, 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 148 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 148 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 $91,080 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 $60,080 and the top tenth $128,940 — 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 $60,455 of national purchasing power.
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, $62,686 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 $91,080. 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 ($60,080) and the ninetieth ($128,940) 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 $60,455 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 $62,686 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.