Labor Relations Specialists in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,214
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$18,406
23.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,036
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
$79,620
Kept after tax
$61,214
Worth in national money
$59,036
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut sits in the middle of the pack for labor relations specialists. The median is $79,620, ranking 34 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Connecticut, this sits in the middle: 160 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $79,620, tax leaves $61,214 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $59,036 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $97,430, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut occupies the middle band for labor relations specialists: a median of $79,620, ranking 34 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Labor relations specialists ranks 160 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.
- After tax, $61,214 remains from the Connecticut median of $79,620 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $59,036 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $97,430 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Labor Relations Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $177,150 |
| This salary | $79,620 |
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 | $61,214 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,843 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,692 |
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 | $74,461 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,625 |
| 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 labor relations specialists in Connecticut earn under $79,620 and half over. The published range runs $46,480 at the tenth percentile to $177,150 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $61,214, from $79,620, 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 160 of 482 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $59,036 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 160.
- Figures are distribution medians for labor relations specialists in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,480 to $177,150; 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.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $61,214 from $79,620. 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 160 of 482 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $59,036, worked from $79,620, 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 160 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 $97,430, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $46,480, the highest tenth $177,150, 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 $59,036 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $61,214 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $97,430. 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 ($46,480) and the ninetieth ($177,150) 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 $59,036 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 $61,214 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.