Court, Municipal, and License Clerks in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,199
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$12,281
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,484
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
$60,480
Kept after tax
$48,199
Worth in national money
$46,484
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut is one of the better-paying states for court, municipal, and license clerks. The middle earner takes $60,480, which ranks 7 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 24.19% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Connecticut reports figures for, this is number 282.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $60,480, tax leaves $48,199 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $46,484 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $60,960, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut ranks 7 of 51 states publishing a median for court, municipal, and license clerks, at $60,480 — about 24.19% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Connecticut's occupational distribution, court, municipal, and license clerks sits at 282 of 482 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $48,199 remains from the Connecticut median of $60,480 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $46,484 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $60,960 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,120 |
| This salary | $60,480 |
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 | $48,199 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,776 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,767 |
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 | $57,274 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,975 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of court, municipal, and license clerks in Connecticut earn under $60,480 and half over. The published range runs $43,670 at the tenth percentile to $78,120 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Connecticut's $48,199, worked from $60,480. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 282 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $46,484, the adjusted value of that $60,480 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 282 of 482 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for court, municipal, and license clerks in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,670 to $78,120; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Connecticut take-home of $48,199, on $60,480 for work ranking 282 of 482 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 282 of 482 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $46,484 — the adjusted value of that $60,480 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 282 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $43,670 at the bottom tenth to $78,120 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 $46,484 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 $48,199.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,670 to $78,120) 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 $46,484 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 $48,199 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.