Millwrights in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,391
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$17,419
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,278
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
$76,810
Kept after tax
$59,391
Worth in national money
$57,278
State rank
12
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for millwrights is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $76,810, putting the state 12 of 48 — about 16.91% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Millwrights ranks 190 among 482 occupations Connecticut publishes pay for.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $76,810 the take-home is $59,391; in national-average money that behaves like $57,278. The average lands at $71,160, below the middle of the range.
- For millwrights, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $76,810, ranking 12 of 48 and running about 16.91% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 190 of 482 in Connecticut places millwrights 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.
- Take-home for millwrights in Connecticut, on $76,810, is $59,391; deflated by the state's price level, $57,278. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $71,160 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Millwrights
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,970 |
| This salary | $76,810 |
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 | $59,391 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,866 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,415 |
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 | $71,871 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,243 |
| 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 $76,810. The published range is $39,120 up to $95,970, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $59,391, from $76,810, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 190 of 482 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $57,278 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 190.
- Reported values are medians; for millwrights in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,120 to $95,970. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $59,391 from $76,810. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 190 of 482 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $57,278, worked from $76,810, 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 190 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $71,160, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $39,120 at the bottom tenth to $95,970 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 $57,278 rather than its face figure.
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 $59,391 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $71,160. 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 ($39,120) and the ninetieth ($95,970) 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 $57,278 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 $59,391 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.