Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,274
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$6,716
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,126
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
$38,990
Kept after tax
$32,274
Worth in national money
$31,126
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Connecticut pays home health and personal care aides a middle wage of $38,990, ranking 10 of 51 states and sitting about 8.91% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Connecticut, this one sits low: 430 of 482 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $38,990 the take-home is $32,274; in national-average money that behaves like $31,126. The average comes to $40,280, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Connecticut's median for home health and personal care aides is $38,990, about 8.91% above the national figure and 10 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Home health and personal care aides occupies position 430 of 482 in Connecticut's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Take-home for home health and personal care aides in Connecticut, on $38,990, is $32,274; deflated by the state's price level, $31,126. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $40,280 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Home Health and Personal Care Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,150 |
| This salary | $38,990 |
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 | $32,274 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,508 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,357 |
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 | $37,454 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,060 |
| 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 home health and personal care aides in Connecticut earn under $38,990 and half over. The published range runs $34,010 at the tenth percentile to $45,150 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $32,274 take-home in Connecticut comes from $38,990. 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 430 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $31,126 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 430.
- Figures are distribution medians for home health and personal care aides in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,010 to $45,150; 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.
- Retained pay of $32,274, from $38,990, 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 430 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $31,126, worked from $38,990, 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 430 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 $40,280, 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?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,010 and the top tenth $45,150, 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 $31,126 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 $32,274 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $40,280. 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 ($34,010 to $45,150) 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 $31,126 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 $32,274 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.