Occupational Health and Safety Technicians in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,879
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$14,431
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,962
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
$68,310
Kept after tax
$53,879
Worth in national money
$51,962
State rank
10
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $68,310, which ranks 10 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 10.96% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Connecticut, this sits in the middle: 227 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $68,310, tax leaves $53,879 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $51,962 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $79,780, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut ranks 10 of 48 states publishing a median for occupational health and safety technicians, at $68,310 — about 10.96% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Occupational health and safety technicians ranks 227 of 482 occupations in Connecticut by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After tax, $53,879 remains from the Connecticut median of $68,310 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $51,962 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $79,780 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $68,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,460 |
| This salary | $68,310 |
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 | $53,879 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,886 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,578 |
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 | $64,342 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,180 |
| 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 occupational health and safety technicians in Connecticut earn under $68,310 and half over. The published range runs $60,910 at the tenth percentile to $104,460 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 $53,879, worked from $68,310. 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 227 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $51,962 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 227.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational health and safety technicians in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,910 to $104,460; 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 $53,879, on $68,310 for work ranking 227 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 227 of 482 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $51,962, worked from $68,310, 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 227 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 $79,780, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $60,910 at the tenth percentile, $104,460 at the ninetieth.
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 $51,962 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $53,879 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 $79,780. 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 ($60,910 to $104,460) 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 $51,962 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 $53,879 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.