Engineers, All Other in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$89,899
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$34,211
27.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,700
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
$124,110
Kept after tax
$89,899
Worth in national money
$86,700
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for engineers, all other is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $124,110, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 0.96% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Connecticut reports, engineers, all other comes in at 41 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $124,110 the take-home is $89,899; in national-average money that behaves like $86,700. The average lands at $120,430, below the middle of the range.
- For engineers, all other, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $124,110, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 0.96% 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.
- Engineers, all other ranks 41 of 482 occupations by median in Connecticut, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for engineers, all other in Connecticut, on $124,110, is $89,899; deflated by the state's price level, $86,700. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $120,430 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Engineers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $164,430 |
| This salary | $124,110 |
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 | $89,899 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,095 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,189 |
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 | $115,236 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,902 |
| 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 engineers, all other in Connecticut earn under $124,110 and half over. The published range runs $72,980 at the tenth percentile to $164,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $89,899, from $124,110, 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 41 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $86,700, the adjusted value of that $124,110 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 41 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for engineers, all other in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $72,980 to $164,430; 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 $89,899 from $124,110. 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 41 of 482 locally.
- This $86,700 adjusted figure, worked from $124,110, 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 41 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 41 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $72,980 at the bottom tenth to $164,430 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $86,700 rather than its face figure.
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, $89,899 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($72,980) and the ninetieth ($164,430) 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 $86,700 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 $89,899 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.