Physical Therapists in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,236
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$27,124
26.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,488
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
$104,360
Kept after tax
$77,236
Worth in national money
$74,488
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut is one of the better-paying states for physical therapists. The middle earner takes $104,360, which ranks 10 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 1.56% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Connecticut reports, physical therapists comes in at 72 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $104,360 the take-home is $77,236; in national-average money that behaves like $74,488. The average comes to $105,460, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Connecticut ranks 10 of 51 states publishing a median for physical therapists, at $104,360 — about 1.56% 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.
- Physical therapists ranks 72 of 482 occupations by median in Connecticut, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for physical therapists in Connecticut, on $104,360, is $77,236; deflated by the state's price level, $74,488. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $105,460 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Physical Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $82,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,150 |
| This salary | $104,360 |
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 | $77,236 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,247 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,150 |
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 | $97,236 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,021 |
| 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 physical therapists in Connecticut earn under $104,360 and half over. The published range runs $82,110 at the tenth percentile to $127,150 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 $77,236, worked from $104,360. 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 72 of 482.
- Two cautions on $74,488, the adjusted value of that $104,360 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 72 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for physical therapists in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $82,110 to $127,150; 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 $77,236, on $104,360 for work ranking 72 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 72 of 482 in the state.
- This $74,488 adjusted figure, worked from $104,360, 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 72 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 72 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $82,110 at the tenth percentile, $127,150 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 $74,488 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Connecticut adds its own income tax on top — which is why $77,236 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($82,110 to $127,150) 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 $74,488 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 $77,236 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.