Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers 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
16
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Connecticut pays drywall and ceiling tile installers a middle wage of $60,480, ranking 16 of 49 states and sitting about 2.63% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Connecticut, this sits in the middle: 283 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 $60,480 the take-home is $48,199. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $46,484 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $61,000, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Connecticut's median for drywall and ceiling tile installers is $60,480, about 2.63% above the national figure and 16 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.
- Drywall and ceiling tile installers ranks 283 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 $48,199 for drywall and ceiling tile installers, from $60,480. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $46,484. ⚠️ 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 $61,000 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,480 |
| 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
- Treat $60,480 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,690 and the ninetieth is $82,480 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- 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 283 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,484 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 283.
- The Connecticut median of $60,480 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,690 to $82,480. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Connecticut take-home of $48,199, on $60,480 for work ranking 283 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 283 of 482 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,484, worked from $60,480, 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 283 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $45,690 and the top tenth $82,480, so most people doing this work in Connecticut sit within a fairly tight band.
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?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Connecticut's own levy, $48,199 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 49 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 ($45,690 to $82,480) 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.
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.