Environmental Engineers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$83,896
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$30,814
26.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,911
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
$114,710
Kept after tax
$83,896
Worth in national money
$80,911
State rank
11
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut is one of the better-paying states for environmental engineers. The middle earner takes $114,710, which ranks 11 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 7.1% above the national middle.
- Within Connecticut this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, environmental engineers ranks 51 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $114,710 the take-home is $83,896. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $80,911 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $119,880, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Connecticut ranks 11 of 50 states publishing a median for environmental engineers, at $114,710 — about 7.1% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Connecticut publishes a median for, environmental engineers sits 51 of 482 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Connecticut income tax is $83,896 for environmental engineers, from $114,710. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $80,911. ⚠️ 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 $119,880 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Environmental Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $114,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $156,830 |
| This salary | $114,710 |
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 | $83,896 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $89,528 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,220 |
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 | $106,703 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,498 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Connecticut earn less than $114,710. The published range is $80,280 up to $156,830, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Connecticut's $83,896, worked from $114,710. 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 51 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $80,911 uses one figure for the whole of Connecticut. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 482 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 51.
- Reported values are medians; for environmental engineers in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $80,280 to $156,830. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Connecticut take-home of $83,896, on $114,710 for work ranking 51 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 51 of 482 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $80,911, worked from $114,710, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Connecticut address, on work sitting at 51 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 $119,880, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $80,280 and the top tenth $156,830, so most people doing this work in Connecticut sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $80,911 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, $83,896 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 $119,880. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($80,280 to $156,830) 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 $80,911 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 $83,896 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.