Industrial Machinery Mechanics in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,943
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$15,007
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,988
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
$69,950
Kept after tax
$54,943
Worth in national money
$52,988
State rank
18
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Connecticut pays this job around $69,950 at the midpoint, 18 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Connecticut reports figures for, this is number 220.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $69,950 the take-home is $54,943; in national-average money that behaves like $52,988. The average comes to $72,230, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For industrial machinery mechanics the Connecticut median is $69,950, ranking 18 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Connecticut's occupational distribution, industrial machinery mechanics sits at 220 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 industrial machinery mechanics in Connecticut, on $69,950, is $54,943; deflated by the state's price level, $52,988. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $72,230 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $69,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,490 |
| This salary | $69,950 |
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 | $54,943 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,040 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,739 |
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 | $65,666 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,580 |
| 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 industrial machinery mechanics in Connecticut earn under $69,950 and half over. The published range runs $47,310 at the tenth percentile to $101,490 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Connecticut's $54,943, worked from $69,950. 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 220 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $52,988 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 220.
- Figures are distribution medians for industrial machinery mechanics in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,310 to $101,490; 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.
- The Connecticut take-home of $54,943, on $69,950 for work ranking 220 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 220 of 482 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $52,988, worked from $69,950, 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 220 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $72,230 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $47,310 at the bottom tenth to $101,490 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $52,988 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 $54,943 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $72,230. 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 ($47,310) and the ninetieth ($101,490) 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 $52,988 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 $54,943 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.