Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,862
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$18,758
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,661
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
$80,620
Kept after tax
$61,862
Worth in national money
$59,661
State rank
5
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Connecticut pays this job a middle wage of $80,620, ranking 5 of 49 states and sitting about 6.99% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 155 among 482 occupations Connecticut publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $80,620, tax leaves $61,862 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $59,661 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $87,230, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut's median for education teachers, postsecondary is $80,620, about 6.99% above the national figure and 5 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.
- Position 155 of 482 in Connecticut places education teachers, postsecondary in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After tax, $61,862 remains from the Connecticut median of $80,620 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $59,661 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $87,230 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Education Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,400 |
| This salary | $80,620 |
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 | $61,862 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,546 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,791 |
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 | $75,383 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,761 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of education teachers, postsecondary in Connecticut earn under $80,620 and half over. The published range runs $49,100 at the tenth percentile to $127,400 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Connecticut's $61,862, worked from $80,620. 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 155 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $59,661, the adjusted value of that $80,620 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 155 of 482 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for education teachers, postsecondary in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,100 to $127,400; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Connecticut take-home of $61,862, on $80,620 for work ranking 155 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 155 of 482 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $59,661 — the adjusted value of that $80,620 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 155 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $87,230, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $49,100 and the top tenth $127,400 — 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 $59,661 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Connecticut then takes its own share, leaving $61,862.
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.
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 $87,230. 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 ($49,100) and the ninetieth ($127,400) 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 $59,661 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 $61,862 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.