First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,453
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$28,907
26.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,591
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
$109,360
Kept after tax
$80,453
Worth in national money
$77,591
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Connecticut pays this job a middle wage of $109,360, ranking 17 of 51 states and sitting about 3.13% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Connecticut reports, this job comes in at 62 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $109,360, tax leaves $80,453 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $77,591 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $114,260, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut's median for first-line supervisors of police and detectives is $109,360, about 3.13% above the national figure and 17 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- First-line supervisors of police and detectives ranks 62 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.
- After tax, $80,453 remains from the Connecticut median of $109,360 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $77,591 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $114,260 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $94,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $109,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $142,020 |
| This salary | $109,360 |
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 | $80,453 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,765 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,667 |
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 | $101,810 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,735 |
| 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 $109,360. The published range is $94,500 up to $142,020, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $80,453, from $109,360, 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 62 of 482 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $77,591 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 62.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of police and detectives in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $94,500 to $142,020. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $80,453 from $109,360. 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 62 of 482 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $77,591, worked from $109,360, 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 62 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $114,260, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $94,500 at the bottom tenth to $142,020 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 $77,591 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, $80,453 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.
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 $114,260. 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 ($94,500 to $142,020) 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 $77,591 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 $80,453 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.