Project Management Specialists in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,802
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$27,438
26.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,034
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
$105,240
Kept after tax
$77,802
Worth in national money
$75,034
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for project management specialists is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $105,240, putting the state 11 of 51 — about 2.85% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Connecticut reports, project management specialists comes in at 68 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $105,240, tax leaves $77,802 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $75,034 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $113,490, since top earners drag the number up.
- For project management specialists, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $105,240, ranking 11 of 51 and running about 2.85% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Project management specialists ranks 68 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.
- After tax, $77,802 remains from the Connecticut median of $105,240 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $75,034 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $113,490 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Project Management Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $167,010 |
| This salary | $105,240 |
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 | $77,802 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,866 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,241 |
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 | $98,041 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,147 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $105,240 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $66,470 and the ninetieth is $167,010 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $77,802 take-home in Connecticut comes from $105,240. 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 68 of 482.
- Two cautions on $75,034, the adjusted value of that $105,240 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 68 of 482 locally.
- The Connecticut median of $105,240 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $66,470 to $167,010. 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 $77,802, from $105,240, 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 68 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 51 for it.
- This $75,034 adjusted figure, worked from $105,240, 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 68 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 68 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 $113,490, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $66,470 at the bottom tenth to $167,010 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Connecticut run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $75,034 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $77,802.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $113,490. 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 ($66,470) and the ninetieth ($167,010) 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 $75,034 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 $77,802 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.