Library Technicians in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,639
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$11,421
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,016
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
$57,060
Kept after tax
$45,639
Worth in national money
$44,016
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Connecticut pays library technicians a middle wage of $57,060, ranking 3 of 51 states and sitting about 27.99% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Library technicians ranks 313 among 482 occupations Connecticut publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $57,060, tax leaves $45,639 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $44,016 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $57,550, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut's median for library technicians is $57,060, about 27.99% above the national figure and 3 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.
- Position 313 of 482 in Connecticut places library technicians in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After tax, $45,639 remains from the Connecticut median of $57,060 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $44,016 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $57,550 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Library Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,180 |
| This salary | $57,060 |
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 | $45,639 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,028 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,408 |
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 | $54,088 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,541 |
| 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 library technicians in Connecticut earn under $57,060 and half over. The published range runs $34,010 at the tenth percentile to $80,180 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 $45,639, worked from $57,060. 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 313 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,016, the adjusted value of that $57,060 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 313 of 482 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for library technicians in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,010 to $80,180; 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 $45,639, on $57,060 for work ranking 313 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 313 of 482 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $44,016 — the adjusted value of that $57,060 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 313 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $34,010 and the top tenth $80,180 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $44,016 — 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 $45,639 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($34,010) and the ninetieth ($80,180) 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 $44,016 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 $45,639 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.