Pediatricians, General in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$149,478
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$67,352
31.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$144,160
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
$216,830
Kept after tax
$149,478
Worth in national money
$144,160
State rank
22
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Connecticut pays pediatricians, general around $216,830 at the midpoint, 22 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Connecticut this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, pediatricians, general ranks 4 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $216,830 the take-home is $149,478; in national-average money that behaves like $144,160. The average comes to $220,010, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For pediatricians, general the Connecticut median is $216,830, ranking 22 of 49 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Connecticut publishes a median for, pediatricians, general sits 4 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.
- Take-home for pediatricians, general in Connecticut, on $216,830, is $149,478; deflated by the state's price level, $144,160. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $220,010 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Pediatricians, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $90,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $216,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $328,620 |
| This salary | $216,830 |
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 | $149,478 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $161,322 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$21,852 |
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 | $200,749 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$28,687 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $216,830 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $90,890 and the ninetieth is $328,620 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $149,478 take-home in Connecticut comes from $216,830. 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 4 of 482.
- Two cautions on $144,160, the adjusted value of that $216,830 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 4 of 482 locally.
- The Connecticut median of $216,830 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $90,890 to $328,620. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $149,478, from $216,830, 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 4 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 22 of 49 for it.
- This $144,160 adjusted figure, worked from $216,830, 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 4 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 4 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 $90,890 and the top tenth $328,620 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $144,160 of national purchasing power.
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 $149,478.
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 49 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 ($90,890) and the ninetieth ($328,620) 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 $144,160 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 $149,478 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.