Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,286
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$23,324
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,785
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
$93,610
Kept after tax
$70,286
Worth in national money
$67,785
State rank
4
of 51 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 $93,610, ranking 4 of 51 states and sitting about 45.42% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Connecticut. It ranks 119 out of 482 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $93,610, tax leaves $70,286 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $67,785 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $86,920.
- Connecticut's median for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education is $93,610, about 45.42% above the national figure and 4 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, middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education ranks 119 of 482 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After tax, $70,286 remains from the Connecticut median of $93,610 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $67,785 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $86,920 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $110,120 |
| This salary | $93,610 |
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 | $70,286 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,685 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,070 |
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 | $87,358 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,529 |
| 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 $93,610. The published range is $60,070 up to $110,120, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Connecticut's $70,286, worked from $93,610. 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 119 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $67,785, the adjusted value of that $93,610 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 119 of 482 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,070 to $110,120. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Connecticut take-home of $70,286, on $93,610 for work ranking 119 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 119 of 482 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $67,785 — the adjusted value of that $93,610 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 119 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 $86,920, 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 $60,070 at the bottom tenth to $110,120 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $67,785 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $70,286 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 $86,920. 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 ($60,070 to $110,120) 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 $67,785 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 $70,286 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.