Natural Sciences Managers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$145,342
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$65,328
31.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$140,171
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
$210,670
Kept after tax
$145,342
Worth in national money
$140,171
State rank
2
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for natural sciences managers is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $210,670, putting the state 2 of 48 — about 25.98% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Connecticut this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, natural sciences managers ranks 6 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $210,670, tax leaves $145,342 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $140,171 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $217,800, since top earners drag the number up.
- For natural sciences managers, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $210,670, ranking 2 of 48 and running about 25.98% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Connecticut publishes a median for, natural sciences managers sits 6 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.
- After tax, $145,342 remains from the Connecticut median of $210,670 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $140,171 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $217,800 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Natural Sciences Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $136,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $210,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $315,560 |
| This salary | $210,670 |
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 | $145,342 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $156,785 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$21,172 |
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 | $195,191 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$27,868 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $210,670 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $136,750 and the ninetieth is $315,560 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $145,342, from $210,670, 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 6 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $140,171, the adjusted value of that $210,670 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 6 of 482 locally.
- The Connecticut median of $210,670 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $136,750 to $315,560. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $145,342 from $210,670. 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 6 of 482 locally.
- This $140,171 adjusted figure, worked from $210,670, 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 6 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 6 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 $217,800, 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 $136,750 at the bottom tenth to $315,560 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $140,171 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $145,342.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 $217,800. 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 ($136,750) and the ninetieth ($315,560) 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 $140,171 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 $145,342 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.