Pharmacy Technicians in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,117
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$8,933
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,761
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
$47,050
Kept after tax
$38,117
Worth in national money
$36,761
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut is one of the better-paying states for pharmacy technicians. The middle earner takes $47,050, which ranks 16 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 2.84% above the national middle.
- Against 482 occupations Connecticut publishes, pharmacy technicians lands at 374. 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 $47,050 the take-home is $38,117; in national-average money that behaves like $36,761. The average comes to $48,120, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Connecticut ranks 16 of 51 states publishing a median for pharmacy technicians, at $47,050 — about 2.84% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Connecticut, this work ranks 374 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 pharmacy technicians in Connecticut, on $47,050, is $38,117; deflated by the state's price level, $36,761. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $48,120 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Pharmacy Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,230 |
| This salary | $47,050 |
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 | $38,117 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,985 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,386 |
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 | $44,726 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,304 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,050 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,410 and the ninetieth is $62,230 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $38,117, from $47,050, 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 374 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 $36,761 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 374.
- The Connecticut median of $47,050 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,410 to $62,230. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,117 from $47,050. 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 374 of 482 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,761, worked from $47,050, 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 374 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,410 at the tenth percentile, $62,230 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 $36,761 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, $38,117 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,410 to $62,230) 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 $36,761 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 $38,117 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.