Family Medicine Physicians in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$114,726
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$49,204
30.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$110,645
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
$163,930
Kept after tax
$114,726
Worth in national money
$110,645
State rank
50
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for family medicine physicians is on the low side in Connecticut. The middle earner gets $163,930. That is 50 of 51 states, and about 32.87% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Connecticut this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, family medicine physicians ranks 13 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $163,930, tax leaves $114,726 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $110,645 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $200,820, since top earners drag the number up.
- For family medicine physicians, Connecticut sits in the lower band at $163,930, ranking 50 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 32.87%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Connecticut publishes a median for, family medicine physicians sits 13 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.
- After tax, $114,726 remains from the Connecticut median of $163,930 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $110,645 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $200,820 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Family Medicine Physicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $86,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $163,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $325,460 |
| This salary | $163,930 |
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 | $114,726 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $123,312 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,252 |
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 | $151,368 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$23,106 |
| 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 family medicine physicians in Connecticut earn under $163,930 and half over. The published range runs $86,600 at the tenth percentile to $325,460 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 $114,726, worked from $163,930. 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 13 of 482.
- Two cautions on $110,645, the adjusted value of that $163,930 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 13 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for family medicine physicians in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $86,600 to $325,460; 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 $114,726, on $163,930 for work ranking 13 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 13 of 482 in the state.
- This $110,645 adjusted figure, worked from $163,930, 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 13 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 13 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 $200,820, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $86,600 and the top tenth $325,460 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $110,645 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Connecticut adds its own income tax on top — which is why $114,726 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 $200,820. 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 ($86,600) and the ninetieth ($325,460) 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 $110,645 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 $114,726 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.