Operations Research Analysts in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,290
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$24,410
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,718
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
$96,700
Kept after tax
$72,290
Worth in national money
$69,718
State rank
16
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut sits in the middle of the pack for operations research analysts. The median is $96,700, ranking 16 of 47 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Connecticut this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, operations research analysts ranks 107 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $96,700, tax leaves $72,290 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $69,718 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $97,910, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut occupies the middle band for operations research analysts: a median of $96,700, ranking 16 of 47. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Connecticut publishes a median for, operations research analysts sits 107 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, $72,290 remains from the Connecticut median of $96,700 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $69,718 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $97,910 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Operations Research Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,030 |
| This salary | $96,700 |
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 | $72,290 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,858 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,375 |
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 | $90,206 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,949 |
| 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 $96,700. The published range is $61,300 up to $131,030, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $72,290 take-home in Connecticut comes from $96,700. 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 107 of 482.
- Two cautions on $69,718, the adjusted value of that $96,700 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 107 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for operations research analysts in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $61,300 to $131,030. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $72,290, from $96,700, 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 107 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 47 for it.
- This $69,718 adjusted figure, worked from $96,700, 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 107 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 107 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $61,300 and the top tenth $131,030 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $69,718 — 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 $72,290 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($61,300) and the ninetieth ($131,030) 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 $69,718 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 $72,290 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.