Funeral Attendants in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,169
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$8,631
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,847
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
$45,800
Kept after tax
$37,169
Worth in national money
$35,847
State rank
6
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut is one of the better-paying states for funeral attendants. The middle earner takes $45,800, which ranks 6 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 28.36% above the national middle.
- Against 482 occupations Connecticut publishes, funeral attendants lands at 386. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $45,800 the take-home is $37,169. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $35,847 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $46,980, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Connecticut ranks 6 of 48 states publishing a median for funeral attendants, at $45,800 — about 28.36% 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.
- Within Connecticut, this work ranks 386 of 482 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Connecticut income tax is $37,169 for funeral attendants, from $45,800. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $35,847. ⚠️ 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 $46,980 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Funeral Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,500 |
| This salary | $45,800 |
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 | $37,169 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,980 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,267 |
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 | $43,546 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,160 |
| 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 $45,800. The published range is $35,090 up to $58,500, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $37,169 take-home in Connecticut comes from $45,800. 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 386 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $35,847, the adjusted value of that $45,800 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 386 of 482 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for funeral attendants in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,090 to $58,500. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $37,169, from $45,800, 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 386 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $35,847 — the adjusted value of that $45,800 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 386 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,090 and the top tenth $58,500, so most people doing this work in Connecticut sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $35,847 — 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, $37,169 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 ($35,090 to $58,500) 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 $35,847 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 $37,169 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.