First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,293
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$17,907
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,148
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
$78,200
Kept after tax
$60,293
Worth in national money
$58,148
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $78,200, putting the state 4 of 51 — about 12.52% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Connecticut reports figures for, this is number 173.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $78,200 the take-home is $60,293; in national-average money that behaves like $58,148. The average comes to $81,270, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $78,200, ranking 4 of 51 and running about 12.52% 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.
- In Connecticut's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers sits at 173 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.
- Take-home for first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers in Connecticut, on $78,200, is $60,293; deflated by the state's price level, $58,148. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $81,270 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $116,420 |
| This salary | $78,200 |
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 | $60,293 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,844 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,552 |
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 | $73,152 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,432 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers in Connecticut earn under $78,200 and half over. The published range runs $52,090 at the tenth percentile to $116,420 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $60,293 take-home in Connecticut comes from $78,200. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 173 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $58,148, the adjusted value of that $78,200 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 173 of 482 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $52,090 to $116,420; 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.
- Retained pay of $60,293, from $78,200, assumes a single Connecticut filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 173 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $58,148 — the adjusted value of that $78,200 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 173 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $81,270 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $52,090 at the bottom tenth to $116,420 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $58,148 — 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, $60,293 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.
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 $81,270. 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 ($52,090) and the ninetieth ($116,420) 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 $58,148 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 $60,293 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.