Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,206
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$8,324
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,918
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
$44,530
Kept after tax
$36,206
Worth in national money
$34,918
State rank
34
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Connecticut pays this job a middle wage of $44,530, 34 of 47 states and about 4.38% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Connecticut this is lower-paid work. Of 482 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 400. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $44,530 the take-home is $36,206. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $34,918 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $45,230, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Connecticut's $44,530 median for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders places it 34 of 47 states, about 4.38% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Connecticut reports, cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders ranks 400 of 482, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Connecticut income tax is $36,206 for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders, from $44,530. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $34,918. ⚠️ 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 $45,230 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,140 |
| This salary | $44,530 |
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 | $36,206 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,960 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,146 |
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 | $42,347 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,014 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,530 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,830 and the ninetieth is $57,140 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $36,206, from $44,530, 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 400 of 482 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $34,918, the adjusted value of that $44,530 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 400 of 482 in the state.
- The Connecticut median of $44,530 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,830 to $57,140. 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 $36,206 from $44,530. 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 400 of 482 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $34,918 — the adjusted value of that $44,530 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 400 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,830 and the top tenth $57,140, so most people doing this work in Connecticut sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $34,918 of national purchasing power.
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 $36,206 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 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 ($36,830 to $57,140) 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 $34,918 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 $36,206 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.