Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,859
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$11,831
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,192
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
$58,690
Kept after tax
$46,859
Worth in national money
$45,192
State rank
19
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $58,690, ranking 19 of 47 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Connecticut, this sits in the middle: 298 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $58,690, tax leaves $46,859 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $45,192 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $58,170.
- Connecticut occupies the middle band for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians: a median of $58,690, ranking 19 of 47. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians ranks 298 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.
- After tax, $46,859 remains from the Connecticut median of $58,690 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $45,192 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $58,170 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,900 |
| This salary | $58,690 |
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 | $46,859 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,337 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,579 |
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 | $55,606 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,748 |
| 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 farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in Connecticut earn under $58,690 and half over. The published range runs $42,430 at the tenth percentile to $77,900 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $46,859, from $58,690, 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 298 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $45,192, the adjusted value of that $58,690 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 298 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,430 to $77,900; 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 $46,859 from $58,690. 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 298 of 482 locally.
- This $45,192 adjusted figure, worked from $58,690, 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 298 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 298 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $42,430 at the bottom tenth to $77,900 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $45,192 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, $46,859 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,430 to $77,900) 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 $45,192 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 $46,859 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.