Parts Salespersons in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,107
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$8,293
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,823
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
$44,400
Kept after tax
$36,107
Worth in national money
$34,823
State rank
22
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Connecticut pays parts salespersons around $44,400 at the midpoint, 22 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 482 occupations Connecticut publishes, parts salespersons lands at 402. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $44,400 the take-home is $36,107; in national-average money that behaves like $34,823. The average comes to $47,280, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For parts salespersons the Connecticut median is $44,400, ranking 22 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Connecticut, this work ranks 402 of 482 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Take-home for parts salespersons in Connecticut, on $44,400, is $36,107; deflated by the state's price level, $34,823. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $47,280 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Parts Salespersons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,460 |
| This salary | $44,400 |
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 | $36,107 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,855 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,133 |
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 | $42,225 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,999 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,400 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,660 and the ninetieth is $63,460 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Connecticut's $36,107, worked from $44,400. 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 402 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $34,823 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 402.
- The Connecticut median of $44,400 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,660 to $63,460. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Connecticut take-home of $36,107, on $44,400 for work ranking 402 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 402 of 482 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $34,823, worked from $44,400, 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 402 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 $47,280, 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 — $35,660 at the tenth percentile, $63,460 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 $34,823 — 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 $36,107.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $47,280. 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 ($35,660 to $63,460) 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 $34,823 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 $36,107 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.