Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,845
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$14,955
21.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,894
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
$69,800
Kept after tax
$54,845
Worth in national money
$52,894
State rank
1
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $69,800, which ranks 1 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 32.85% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Connecticut, this sits in the middle: 221 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $69,800 the take-home is $54,845; in national-average money that behaves like $52,894. The average lands at $66,520, below the middle of the range.
- Connecticut ranks 1 of 47 states publishing a median for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers, at $69,800 — about 32.85% 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.
- Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers ranks 221 of 482 occupations in Connecticut by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Take-home for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers in Connecticut, on $69,800, is $54,845; deflated by the state's price level, $52,894. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $66,520 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $69,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,320 |
| This salary | $69,800 |
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 | $54,845 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $57,934 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,724 |
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 | $65,545 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,543 |
| 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 $69,800. The published range is $47,910 up to $83,320, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $54,845, from $69,800, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 221 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $52,894, the adjusted value of that $69,800 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 221 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,910 to $83,320. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $54,845 from $69,800. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 221 of 482 locally.
- This $52,894 adjusted figure, worked from $69,800, 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 221 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 221 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 $66,520, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,910 at the tenth percentile, $83,320 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $52,894 of national purchasing power.
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, $54,845 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $66,520. 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 ($47,910 to $83,320) 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 $52,894 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 $54,845 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.