Emergency Medical Technicians in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,834
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$9,806
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,381
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
$50,640
Kept after tax
$40,834
Worth in national money
$39,381
State rank
6
of 51 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 $50,640, ranking 6 of 51 states and sitting about 13.87% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Connecticut reports figures for, this is number 344.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $50,640, tax leaves $40,834 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $39,381 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $51,300, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut's median for emergency medical technicians is $50,640, about 13.87% above the national figure and 6 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Connecticut's occupational distribution, emergency medical technicians sits at 344 of 482 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $40,834 remains from the Connecticut median of $50,640 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $39,381 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $51,300 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Emergency Medical Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,610 |
| This salary | $50,640 |
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 | $40,834 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,869 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,734 |
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 | $48,107 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,726 |
| 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 emergency medical technicians in Connecticut earn under $50,640 and half over. The published range runs $40,160 at the tenth percentile to $59,610 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 $40,834, worked from $50,640. 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 344 of 482.
- Two cautions on $39,381, the adjusted value of that $50,640 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 344 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for emergency medical technicians in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,160 to $59,610; 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 $40,834, on $50,640 for work ranking 344 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 344 of 482 in the state.
- This $39,381 adjusted figure, worked from $50,640, 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 344 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 344 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $40,160 at the bottom tenth to $59,610 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $39,381 — 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, $40,834 remains.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,160 to $59,610) 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 $39,381 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 $40,834 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.