Dentists, General in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$112,550
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$47,890
29.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$108,546
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
$160,440
Kept after tax
$112,550
Worth in national money
$108,546
State rank
38
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Connecticut pays dentists, general a middle wage of $160,440, 38 of 47 states and about 6.15% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Connecticut this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, dentists, general ranks 17 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $160,440, tax leaves $112,550 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $108,546 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $183,990, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut's $160,440 median for dentists, general places it 38 of 47 states, about 6.15% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Connecticut publishes a median for, dentists, general sits 17 of 482 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After tax, $112,550 remains from the Connecticut median of $160,440 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $108,546 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $183,990 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Dentists, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $89,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $160,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $362,870 |
| This salary | $160,440 |
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 | $112,550 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $120,927 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$15,896 |
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 | $148,185 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$22,600 |
| 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 $160,440. The published range is $89,430 up to $362,870, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $112,550, from $160,440, 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 17 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 $108,546, the adjusted value of that $160,440 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 17 of 482 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for dentists, general in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $89,430 to $362,870. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $112,550 from $160,440. 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 17 of 482 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $108,546 — the adjusted value of that $160,440 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 17 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $183,990, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $89,430 and the top tenth $362,870 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $108,546 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 $112,550 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 47 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 $183,990. 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 ($89,430) and the ninetieth ($362,870) 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 $108,546 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 $112,550 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.