Education Administrators, Postsecondary in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$89,325
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$33,865
27.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,147
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
$123,190
Kept after tax
$89,325
Worth in national money
$86,147
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $123,190, putting the state 10 of 51 — about 17.78% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Connecticut this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 42 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $123,190 the take-home is $89,325; in national-average money that behaves like $86,147. The average comes to $137,810, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For education administrators, postsecondary, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $123,190, ranking 10 of 51 and running about 17.78% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Connecticut publishes a median for, education administrators, postsecondary sits 42 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.
- Take-home for education administrators, postsecondary in Connecticut, on $123,190, is $89,325; deflated by the state's price level, $86,147. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $137,810 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $123,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $220,570 |
| This salary | $123,190 |
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 | $89,325 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $95,466 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,095 |
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 | $114,421 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,746 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $123,190 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $75,050 and the ninetieth is $220,570 — 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 $89,325, worked from $123,190. 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 42 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $86,147 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 42.
- The Connecticut median of $123,190 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $75,050 to $220,570. 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 $89,325, on $123,190 for work ranking 42 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 42 of 482 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $86,147, worked from $123,190, 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 42 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 $137,810, 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 $75,050 and the top tenth $220,570 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Connecticut run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $86,147 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $89,325 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $137,810. 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 ($75,050) and the ninetieth ($220,570) 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 $86,147 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 $89,325 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.