Public Relations Specialists in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,696
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$20,294
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,394
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
$84,990
Kept after tax
$64,696
Worth in national money
$62,394
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut is one of the better-paying states for public relations specialists. The middle earner takes $84,990, which ranks 4 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 13.7% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Public relations specialists ranks 138 among 482 occupations Connecticut publishes pay for.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $84,990 the take-home is $64,696; in national-average money that behaves like $62,394. The average comes to $95,000, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Connecticut ranks 4 of 51 states publishing a median for public relations specialists, at $84,990 — about 13.7% 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.
- Position 138 of 482 in Connecticut places public relations specialists in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Take-home for public relations specialists in Connecticut, on $84,990, is $64,696; deflated by the state's price level, $62,394. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $95,000 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Public Relations Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $162,280 |
| This salary | $84,990 |
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 | $64,696 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,620 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,221 |
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 | $79,412 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,356 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Connecticut earn less than $84,990. The published range is $51,410 up to $162,280, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Connecticut's $64,696, worked from $84,990. 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 138 of 482.
- Two cautions on $62,394, the adjusted value of that $84,990 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 138 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for public relations specialists in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $51,410 to $162,280. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Connecticut take-home of $64,696, on $84,990 for work ranking 138 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 138 of 482 in the state.
- This $62,394 adjusted figure, worked from $84,990, 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 138 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 138 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 $95,000, 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 $51,410 at the bottom tenth to $162,280 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 $62,394 — 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 $64,696.
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 $95,000. 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 ($51,410) and the ninetieth ($162,280) 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 $62,394 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 $64,696 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.