Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,124
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$8,616
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,803
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
$45,740
Kept after tax
$37,124
Worth in national money
$35,803
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Connecticut pays landscaping and groundskeeping workers a middle wage of $45,740, ranking 10 of 51 states and sitting about 16.83% above the national middle.
- Against 482 occupations Connecticut publishes, landscaping and groundskeeping workers lands at 388. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $45,740 the take-home is $37,124; in national-average money that behaves like $35,803. The average comes to $46,060, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Connecticut's median for landscaping and groundskeeping workers is $45,740, about 16.83% 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.
- Within Connecticut, this work ranks 388 of 482 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Take-home for landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Connecticut, on $45,740, is $37,124; deflated by the state's price level, $35,803. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $46,060 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,660 |
| This salary | $45,740 |
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 | $37,124 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,932 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,261 |
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 | $43,489 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,153 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,740 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,850 and the ninetieth is $58,660 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Connecticut's $37,124, worked from $45,740. 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 388 of 482.
- Two cautions on $35,803, the adjusted value of that $45,740 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 388 of 482 locally.
- The Connecticut median of $45,740 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,850 to $58,660. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Connecticut take-home of $37,124, on $45,740 for work ranking 388 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 388 of 482 in the state.
- This $35,803 adjusted figure, worked from $45,740, 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 388 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 388 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,850 at the tenth percentile, $58,660 at the ninetieth.
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 $35,803 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Connecticut then takes its own share, leaving $37,124.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,850 to $58,660) 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 $35,803 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 $37,124 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.