Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,195
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$5,935
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,120
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
$36,130
Kept after tax
$30,195
Worth in national money
$29,120
State rank
20
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Connecticut is 20 of 46 states for this job, with a middle wage of $36,130. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Connecticut this is lower-paid work. Of 482 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 462. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $36,130 the take-home is $30,195; in national-average money that behaves like $29,120. The average comes to $40,190, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Connecticut ranks 20 of 46 for personal care and service workers, all other at $36,130. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Connecticut reports, personal care and service workers, all other ranks 462 of 482, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Take-home for personal care and service workers, all other in Connecticut, on $36,130, is $30,195; deflated by the state's price level, $29,120. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $40,190 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,610 |
| This salary | $36,130 |
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 | $30,195 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,210 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,997 |
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 | $34,866 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,625 |
| 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 personal care and service workers, all other in Connecticut earn under $36,130 and half over. The published range runs $34,010 at the tenth percentile to $50,610 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Connecticut's $30,195, worked from $36,130. 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 462 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $29,120 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 462.
- Figures are distribution medians for personal care and service workers, all other in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,010 to $50,610; 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.
- The Connecticut take-home of $30,195, on $36,130 for work ranking 462 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 462 of 482 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $29,120, worked from $36,130, 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 462 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $40,190, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,010 and the top tenth $50,610, so most people doing this work in Connecticut sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $29,120 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, $30,195 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 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 $40,190. 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 ($34,010 to $50,610) 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 $29,120 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 $30,195 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.