Curators in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,197
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$17,313
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,091
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
$76,510
Kept after tax
$59,197
Worth in national money
$57,091
State rank
8
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Connecticut pays curators a middle wage of $76,510, ranking 8 of 49 states and sitting about 20.64% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Connecticut, this sits in the middle: 193 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 $76,510 the take-home is $59,197. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $57,091 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $82,840, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Connecticut's median for curators is $76,510, about 20.64% above the national figure and 8 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Curators ranks 193 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 $59,197 for curators, from $76,510. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $57,091. ⚠️ 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 $82,840 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Curators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,510 |
| This salary | $76,510 |
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 | $59,197 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,655 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,386 |
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 | $71,595 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,178 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $76,510 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,980 and the ninetieth is $127,510 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $59,197 take-home in Connecticut comes from $76,510. 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 193 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $57,091 uses one figure for the whole of Connecticut. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 482 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 193.
- The Connecticut median of $76,510 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,980 to $127,510. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $59,197, from $76,510, 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 193 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $57,091, worked from $76,510, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Connecticut address, on work sitting at 193 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 $82,840 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $46,980, the highest tenth $127,510, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $57,091 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 $59,197 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $82,840. 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 ($46,980) and the ninetieth ($127,510) 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 $57,091 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 $59,197 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.