Healthcare Social Workers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,395
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$18,505
23.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,211
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
$79,900
Kept after tax
$61,395
Worth in national money
$59,211
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut is one of the better-paying states for healthcare social workers. The middle earner takes $79,900, which ranks 7 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 17.71% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Connecticut reports figures for, this is number 158.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $79,900 the take-home is $61,395; in national-average money that behaves like $59,211. The average comes to $83,290, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Connecticut ranks 7 of 51 states publishing a median for healthcare social workers, at $79,900 — about 17.71% 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.
- In Connecticut's occupational distribution, healthcare social workers sits at 158 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 healthcare social workers in Connecticut, on $79,900, is $61,395; deflated by the state's price level, $59,211. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $83,290 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Healthcare Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,900 |
| This salary | $79,900 |
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 | $61,395 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,040 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,720 |
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 | $74,719 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,663 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $79,900 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $59,100 and the ninetieth is $104,900 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Connecticut's $61,395, worked from $79,900. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 158 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $59,211, the adjusted value of that $79,900 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 158 of 482 in the state.
- The Connecticut median of $79,900 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $59,100 to $104,900. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Connecticut take-home of $61,395, on $79,900 for work ranking 158 of 482 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 158 of 482 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $59,211 — the adjusted value of that $79,900 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 158 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 $83,290, 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?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $59,100 at the tenth percentile, $104,900 at the ninetieth.
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 $59,211 — 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, $61,395 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 $83,290. 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 ($59,100 to $104,900) 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 $59,211 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 $61,395 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.