Physics Teachers, Postsecondary in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,416
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$29,994
26.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,484
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
$112,410
Kept after tax
$82,416
Worth in national money
$79,484
State rank
2
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Connecticut pays physics teachers, postsecondary a middle wage of $112,410, ranking 2 of 47 states and sitting about 12.06% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Connecticut. It ranks 56 out of 482 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $112,410 the take-home is $82,416; in national-average money that behaves like $79,484. The average comes to $128,500, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Connecticut's median for physics teachers, postsecondary is $112,410, about 12.06% above the national figure and 2 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Connecticut, physics teachers, postsecondary ranks 56 of 482 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Take-home for physics teachers, postsecondary in Connecticut, on $112,410, is $82,416; deflated by the state's price level, $79,484. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $128,500 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Physics Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $112,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $214,810 |
| This salary | $112,410 |
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 | $82,416 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $87,910 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,982 |
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 | $104,600 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,170 |
| 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 physics teachers, postsecondary in Connecticut earn under $112,410 and half over. The published range runs $65,270 at the tenth percentile to $214,810 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $82,416 take-home in Connecticut comes from $112,410. 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 56 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $79,484 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 56.
- Figures are distribution medians for physics teachers, postsecondary in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $65,270 to $214,810; 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.
- Retained pay of $82,416, from $112,410, 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 56 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $79,484, worked from $112,410, 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 56 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $128,500 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $65,270, the highest tenth $214,810, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $79,484 of national purchasing power.
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 $82,416 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 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 $128,500. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($65,270) and the ninetieth ($214,810) 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 $79,484 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 $82,416 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.