Occupational Therapy Assistants in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,778
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$16,002
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,758
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
$72,780
Kept after tax
$56,778
Worth in national money
$54,758
State rank
18
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $72,780, ranking 18 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Connecticut, this sits in the middle: 211 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $72,780 the take-home is $56,778. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $54,758 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $70,500, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Connecticut occupies the middle band for occupational therapy assistants: a median of $72,780, ranking 18 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Occupational therapy assistants ranks 211 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Connecticut income tax is $56,778 for occupational therapy assistants, from $72,780. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $54,758. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $70,500 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $72,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,400 |
| This salary | $72,780 |
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 | $56,778 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,031 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,018 |
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 | $68,156 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,269 |
| 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 therapy assistants in Connecticut earn under $72,780 and half over. The published range runs $60,180 at the tenth percentile to $81,400 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $56,778 take-home in Connecticut comes from $72,780. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 211 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $54,758, the adjusted value of that $72,780 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 211 of 482 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational therapy assistants in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,180 to $81,400; 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.
- Retained pay of $56,778, from $72,780, assumes a single Connecticut filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 211 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $54,758 — the adjusted value of that $72,780 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 211 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 $70,500 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $60,180 and the top tenth $81,400, so most people doing this work in Connecticut sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $54,758 of national purchasing power.
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, $56,778 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $70,500. 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 ($60,180 to $81,400) 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 $54,758 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 $56,778 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.