Dental Hygienists in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,874
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$25,816
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,210
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
$100,690
Kept after tax
$74,874
Worth in national money
$72,210
State rank
15
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut is one of the better-paying states for dental hygienists. The middle earner takes $100,690, which ranks 15 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 2.64% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Connecticut. It ranks 87 out of 482 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $100,690, tax leaves $74,874 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $72,210 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $98,720.
- Connecticut ranks 15 of 50 states publishing a median for dental hygienists, at $100,690 — about 2.64% 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.
- Within Connecticut, dental hygienists ranks 87 of 482 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After tax, $74,874 remains from the Connecticut median of $100,690 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $72,210 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $98,720 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Dental Hygienists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $87,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,020 |
| This salary | $100,690 |
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 | $74,874 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,665 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,771 |
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 | $93,879 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,497 |
| 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 $100,690. The published range is $87,190 up to $106,020, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $74,874 take-home in Connecticut comes from $100,690. 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 87 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $72,210 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 87.
- Reported values are medians; for dental hygienists in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $87,190 to $106,020. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $74,874, from $100,690, 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 87 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $72,210, worked from $100,690, 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 87 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $87,190 at the bottom tenth to $106,020 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 $72,210 rather than its face figure.
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, $74,874 remains.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($87,190 to $106,020) 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 $72,210 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 $74,874 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.