Food Service Managers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,157
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$17,833
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,016
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
$77,990
Kept after tax
$60,157
Worth in national money
$58,016
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut is one of the better-paying states for food service managers. The middle earner takes $77,990, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 12.39% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Connecticut, this sits in the middle: 177 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $77,990 the take-home is $60,157. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $58,016 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $80,660, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Connecticut ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for food service managers, at $77,990 — about 12.39% 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.
- Food service managers ranks 177 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Connecticut income tax is $60,157 for food service managers, from $77,990. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $58,016. ⚠️ 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 $80,660 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Food Service Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $108,460 |
| This salary | $77,990 |
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 | $60,157 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,696 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,531 |
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 | $72,959 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,403 |
| 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 food service managers in Connecticut earn under $77,990 and half over. The published range runs $52,020 at the tenth percentile to $108,460 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $60,157, from $77,990, 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 177 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 $58,016 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 177.
- Figures are distribution medians for food service managers in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $52,020 to $108,460; 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.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $60,157 from $77,990. 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 177 of 482 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $58,016, worked from $77,990, 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 177 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 $80,660, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $52,020, the highest tenth $108,460, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $58,016 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Connecticut then takes its own share, leaving $60,157.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $80,660. 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 ($52,020) and the ninetieth ($108,460) 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 $58,016 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 $60,157 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.