Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,785
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$10,125
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,298
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
$51,910
Kept after tax
$41,785
Worth in national money
$40,298
State rank
24
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Connecticut is 24 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $51,910. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Connecticut, this sits in the middle: 339 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 $51,910 the take-home is $41,785. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $40,298 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $62,880, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Connecticut ranks 24 of 50 for educational instruction and library workers, all other at $51,910. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Educational instruction and library workers, all other ranks 339 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 $41,785 for educational instruction and library workers, all other, from $51,910. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,298. ⚠️ 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 $62,880 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $109,530 |
| This salary | $51,910 |
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 | $41,785 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,890 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,868 |
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 | $49,290 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,887 |
| 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 educational instruction and library workers, all other in Connecticut earn under $51,910 and half over. The published range runs $37,630 at the tenth percentile to $109,530 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 $41,785, worked from $51,910. 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 339 of 482.
- Two cautions on $40,298, the adjusted value of that $51,910 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Connecticut. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 339 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for educational instruction and library workers, all other in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,630 to $109,530; 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 $41,785, on $51,910 for work ranking 339 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 339 of 482 in the state.
- This $40,298 adjusted figure, worked from $51,910, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 339 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 339 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 $62,880, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $37,630, the highest tenth $109,530, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $40,298 rather than its face figure.
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 $41,785.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $62,880. 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 ($37,630) and the ninetieth ($109,530) 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 $40,298 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 $41,785 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.