Radiation Therapists in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,835
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$31,335
27.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,817
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
$116,170
Kept after tax
$84,835
Worth in national money
$81,817
State rank
8
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut is one of the better-paying states for radiation therapists. The middle earner takes $116,170, which ranks 8 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 10.31% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Connecticut. It ranks 49 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 $116,170 the take-home is $84,835; in national-average money that behaves like $81,817. The average comes to $116,830, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Connecticut ranks 8 of 46 states publishing a median for radiation therapists, at $116,170 — about 10.31% 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, radiation therapists ranks 49 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 radiation therapists in Connecticut, on $116,170, is $84,835; deflated by the state's price level, $81,817. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $116,830 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Radiation Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $116,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $155,980 |
| This salary | $116,170 |
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 | $84,835 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $90,556 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,371 |
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 | $108,039 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,707 |
| 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 radiation therapists in Connecticut earn under $116,170 and half over. The published range runs $84,780 at the tenth percentile to $155,980 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $84,835 take-home in Connecticut comes from $116,170. 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 49 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $81,817 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 49.
- Figures are distribution medians for radiation therapists in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $84,780 to $155,980; 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 $84,835, from $116,170, 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 49 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 46 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $81,817, worked from $116,170, 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 49 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $84,780 at the tenth percentile, $155,980 at the ninetieth.
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 $81,817 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $84,835 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($84,780 to $155,980) 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 $81,817 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 $84,835 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.