Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,869
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$18,761
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,667
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
$80,630
Kept after tax
$61,869
Worth in national money
$59,667
State rank
14
of 45 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 $80,630, ranking 14 of 45 states and sitting about 1.61% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 154 among 482 occupations Connecticut publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $80,630 the take-home is $61,869. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $59,667 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $94,330, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Connecticut's median for foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary is $80,630, about 1.61% above the national figure and 14 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 154 of 482 in Connecticut places foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Connecticut income tax is $61,869 for foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary, from $80,630. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $59,667. ⚠️ 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 $94,330 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,900 |
| This salary | $80,630 |
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 | $61,869 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,553 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,792 |
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 | $75,392 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,762 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $80,630 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $61,610 and the ninetieth is $127,900 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $61,869 take-home in Connecticut comes from $80,630. 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 154 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $59,667, the adjusted value of that $80,630 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 154 of 482 in the state.
- The Connecticut median of $80,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $61,610 to $127,900. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $61,869, from $80,630, 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 154 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $59,667 — the adjusted value of that $80,630 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 154 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 $94,330, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $61,610 at the bottom tenth to $127,900 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $59,667 rather than its face figure.
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 $61,869 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $94,330. 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 ($61,610) and the ninetieth ($127,900) 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 $59,667 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 $61,869 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.