Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,363
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$31,627
27.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,326
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
$116,990
Kept after tax
$85,363
Worth in national money
$82,326
State rank
4
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Connecticut pays this job a middle wage of $116,990, ranking 4 of 46 states and sitting about 13.13% above the national middle.
- Within Connecticut this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 48 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $116,990 the take-home is $85,363; in national-average money that behaves like $82,326. The average comes to $126,760, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Connecticut's median for medical scientists, except epidemiologists is $116,990, about 13.13% above the national figure and 4 of 46 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Connecticut publishes a median for, medical scientists, except epidemiologists sits 48 of 482 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for medical scientists, except epidemiologists in Connecticut, on $116,990, is $85,363; deflated by the state's price level, $82,326. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $126,760 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $68,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $116,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $187,310 |
| This salary | $116,990 |
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 | $85,363 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $91,132 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,456 |
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 | $108,789 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,824 |
| 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 medical scientists, except epidemiologists in Connecticut earn under $116,990 and half over. The published range runs $68,160 at the tenth percentile to $187,310 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 $85,363, worked from $116,990. 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 48 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $82,326 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 48.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical scientists, except epidemiologists in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $68,160 to $187,310; 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 $85,363, on $116,990 for work ranking 48 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 48 of 482 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $82,326, worked from $116,990, 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 48 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $126,760 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $68,160 and the top tenth $187,310 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $82,326 rather than its face figure.
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 $85,363.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $126,760. 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 ($68,160) and the ninetieth ($187,310) 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 $82,326 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 $85,363 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.