Helpers--Carpenters in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,699
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$9,761
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,251
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
$50,460
Kept after tax
$40,699
Worth in national money
$39,251
State rank
3
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for helpers--carpenters is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $50,460, putting the state 3 of 47 — about 15.26% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Helpers--carpenters ranks 346 among 482 occupations Connecticut publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $50,460 the take-home is $40,699. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $39,251 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $51,390, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For helpers--carpenters, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $50,460, ranking 3 of 47 and running about 15.26% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 346 of 482 in Connecticut places helpers--carpenters 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 $40,699 for helpers--carpenters, from $50,460. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $39,251. ⚠️ 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 $51,390 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Helpers--Carpenters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,030 |
| This salary | $50,460 |
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 | $40,699 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,725 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,715 |
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 | $47,939 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,703 |
| 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 $50,460. The published range is $41,600 up to $60,030, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $40,699 take-home in Connecticut comes from $50,460. 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 346 of 482.
- Two cautions on $39,251, the adjusted value of that $50,460 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Connecticut. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 346 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for helpers--carpenters in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,600 to $60,030. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $40,699, from $50,460, 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 346 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 47 for it.
- This $39,251 adjusted figure, worked from $50,460, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 346 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 346 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $41,600 and the top tenth $60,030, so most people doing this work in Connecticut sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $39,251 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 $40,699 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($41,600 to $60,030) 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 $39,251 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 $40,699 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.