Order Clerks in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,459
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$9,041
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,090
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
$47,500
Kept after tax
$38,459
Worth in national money
$37,090
State rank
18
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut sits in the middle of the pack for order clerks. The median is $47,500, ranking 18 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Connecticut, this one sits low: 369 of 482 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $47,500 the take-home is $38,459; in national-average money that behaves like $37,090. The average comes to $50,670, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Connecticut occupies the middle band for order clerks: a median of $47,500, ranking 18 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Order clerks occupies position 369 of 482 in Connecticut's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Take-home for order clerks in Connecticut, on $47,500, is $38,459; deflated by the state's price level, $37,090. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $50,670 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Order Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,640 |
| This salary | $47,500 |
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 | $38,459 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,346 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,429 |
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 | $45,151 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,356 |
| 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 order clerks in Connecticut earn under $47,500 and half over. The published range runs $38,130 at the tenth percentile to $67,640 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $38,459, from $47,500, 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 369 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 $37,090 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 369.
- Figures are distribution medians for order clerks in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,130 to $67,640; 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.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,459 from $47,500. 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 369 of 482 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $37,090, worked from $47,500, 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 369 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 $50,670, 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 — $38,130 at the tenth percentile, $67,640 at the ninetieth.
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 $37,090 rather than its face figure.
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, $38,459 remains.
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 $50,670. 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 ($38,130 to $67,640) 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 $37,090 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 $38,459 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.