Human Resources Managers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$115,973
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$49,957
30.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$111,847
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
$165,930
Kept after tax
$115,973
Worth in national money
$111,847
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for human resources managers is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $165,930, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 11.15% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Connecticut reports, human resources managers comes in at 12 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $165,930 the take-home is $115,973. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $111,847 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $180,480, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For human resources managers, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $165,930, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 11.15% 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.
- Human resources managers ranks 12 of 482 occupations by median in Connecticut, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Connecticut income tax is $115,973 for human resources managers, from $165,930. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $111,847. ⚠️ 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 $180,480 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Human Resources Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $102,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $165,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $295,480 |
| This salary | $165,930 |
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 | $115,973 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $124,679 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,456 |
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 | $153,193 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$23,397 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $165,930 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $102,530 and the ninetieth is $295,480 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $115,973 take-home in Connecticut comes from $165,930. 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 12 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $111,847, the adjusted value of that $165,930 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 12 of 482 in the state.
- The Connecticut median of $165,930 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $102,530 to $295,480. 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 $115,973, from $165,930, 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 12 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $111,847 — the adjusted value of that $165,930 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 12 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 $180,480, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $102,530, the highest tenth $295,480, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $111,847 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $115,973 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 $180,480. 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 ($102,530) and the ninetieth ($295,480) 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 $111,847 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 $115,973 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.