Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,233
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$15,707
21.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,232
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
$71,940
Kept after tax
$56,233
Worth in national money
$54,232
State rank
2
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $71,940, putting the state 2 of 50 — about 32.71% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Connecticut, this sits in the middle: 214 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 $71,940 the take-home is $56,233. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $54,232 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $68,410, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For eligibility interviewers, government programs, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $71,940, ranking 2 of 50 and running about 32.71% 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.
- Eligibility interviewers, government programs ranks 214 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 $56,233 for eligibility interviewers, government programs, from $71,940. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $54,232. ⚠️ 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 $68,410 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,080 |
| This salary | $71,940 |
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 | $56,233 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,440 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,935 |
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 | $67,382 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,065 |
| 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 eligibility interviewers, government programs in Connecticut earn under $71,940 and half over. The published range runs $49,760 at the tenth percentile to $82,080 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $56,233, from $71,940, 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 214 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $54,232, the adjusted value of that $71,940 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 214 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for eligibility interviewers, government programs in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,760 to $82,080; 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.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $56,233 from $71,940. 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 214 of 482 locally.
- This $54,232 adjusted figure, worked from $71,940, 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 214 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 214 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 $68,410, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $49,760 and the top tenth $82,080, so most people doing this work in Connecticut sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $54,232 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $56,233 remains.
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 $68,410. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,760 to $82,080) 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 $54,232 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 $56,233 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.