Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,225
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$5,945
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,150
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
$36,170
Kept after tax
$30,225
Worth in national money
$29,150
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Connecticut pays maids and housekeeping cleaners around $36,170 at the midpoint, 19 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 482 occupations Connecticut publishes, maids and housekeeping cleaners lands at 461. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $36,170, tax leaves $30,225 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $29,150 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $37,900, since top earners drag the number up.
- For maids and housekeeping cleaners the Connecticut median is $36,170, ranking 19 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.
- Within Connecticut, this work ranks 461 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.
- After tax, $30,225 remains from the Connecticut median of $36,170 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $29,150 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $37,900 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,320 |
| This salary | $36,170 |
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 | $30,225 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,243 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,001 |
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 | $34,903 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,630 |
| 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 $36,170. The published range is $34,140 up to $45,320, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $30,225 take-home in Connecticut comes from $36,170. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 461 of 482.
- Two cautions on $29,150, the adjusted value of that $36,170 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 461 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for maids and housekeeping cleaners in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,140 to $45,320. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $30,225, from $36,170, assumes a single Connecticut filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 461 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 51 for it.
- This $29,150 adjusted figure, worked from $36,170, 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 461 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 461 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 $37,900, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,140 at the bottom tenth to $45,320 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $29,150 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, $30,225 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 $37,900. 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 ($34,140 to $45,320) 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 $29,150 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 $30,225 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.