Marriage and Family Therapists in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,513
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$20,737
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,182
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
$86,250
Kept after tax
$65,513
Worth in national money
$63,182
State rank
5
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Connecticut pays marriage and family therapists a middle wage of $86,250, ranking 5 of 45 states and sitting about 28.85% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Connecticut reports figures for, this is number 130.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $86,250, tax leaves $65,513 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $63,182 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $103,870, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut's median for marriage and family therapists is $86,250, about 28.85% above the national figure and 5 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Connecticut's occupational distribution, marriage and family therapists sits at 130 of 482 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $65,513 remains from the Connecticut median of $86,250 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $63,182 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $103,870 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Marriage and Family Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $86,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $168,750 |
| This salary | $86,250 |
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 | $65,513 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $69,507 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,345 |
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 | $80,573 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,527 |
| 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 marriage and family therapists in Connecticut earn under $86,250 and half over. The published range runs $47,500 at the tenth percentile to $168,750 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 $65,513, worked from $86,250. 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 130 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $63,182, the adjusted value of that $86,250 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 130 of 482 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for marriage and family therapists in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,500 to $168,750; 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 $65,513, on $86,250 for work ranking 130 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 130 of 482 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $63,182 — the adjusted value of that $86,250 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 130 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 $103,870, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $47,500 at the bottom tenth to $168,750 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Connecticut costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $63,182 rather than its face figure.
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, $65,513 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 $103,870. 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 ($47,500) and the ninetieth ($168,750) 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 $63,182 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 $65,513 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.