Correctional Officers and Jailers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,395
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$13,355
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,567
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
$64,750
Kept after tax
$51,395
Worth in national money
$49,567
State rank
15
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $64,750, putting the state 15 of 49 — about 9.86% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Connecticut, this sits in the middle: 244 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $64,750 the take-home is $51,395. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $49,567 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $64,570, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For correctional officers and jailers, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $64,750, ranking 15 of 49 and running about 9.86% 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.
- Correctional officers and jailers ranks 244 of 482 occupations in Connecticut by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Connecticut income tax is $51,395 for correctional officers and jailers, from $64,750. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $49,567. ⚠️ 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 $64,570 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Correctional Officers and Jailers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,710 |
| This salary | $64,750 |
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 | $51,395 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,207 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,216 |
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 | $61,251 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,517 |
| 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 $64,750. The published range is $55,520 up to $70,710, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $51,395 take-home in Connecticut comes from $64,750. 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 244 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $49,567, the adjusted value of that $64,750 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 244 of 482 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for correctional officers and jailers in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $55,520 to $70,710. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $51,395, from $64,750, 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 244 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $49,567 — the adjusted value of that $64,750 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 244 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $55,520 and the top tenth $70,710, so most people doing this work in Connecticut sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $49,567 — 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, $51,395 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($55,520 to $70,710) 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 $49,567 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 $51,395 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.