Respiratory Therapists in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,852
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$20,378
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,544
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
$85,230
Kept after tax
$64,852
Worth in national money
$62,544
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for respiratory therapists is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $85,230, putting the state 17 of 51 — about 3.59% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Respiratory therapists ranks 135 among 482 occupations Connecticut publishes pay for.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $85,230 the take-home is $64,852; in national-average money that behaves like $62,544. The average comes to $92,510, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For respiratory therapists, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $85,230, ranking 17 of 51 and running about 3.59% 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.
- Position 135 of 482 in Connecticut places respiratory therapists 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 respiratory therapists in Connecticut, on $85,230, is $64,852; deflated by the state's price level, $62,544. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $92,510 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Respiratory Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,620 |
| This salary | $85,230 |
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 | $64,852 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,789 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,245 |
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 | $79,633 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,388 |
| 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 $85,230. The published range is $72,410 up to $121,620, 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 $64,852, worked from $85,230. 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 135 of 482.
- Two cautions on $62,544, the adjusted value of that $85,230 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 135 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for respiratory therapists in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $72,410 to $121,620. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Connecticut take-home of $64,852, on $85,230 for work ranking 135 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 135 of 482 in the state.
- This $62,544 adjusted figure, worked from $85,230, 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 135 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 135 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 $92,510, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $72,410 at the tenth percentile, $121,620 at the ninetieth.
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 $62,544 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 $64,852 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.
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 $92,510. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($72,410 to $121,620) 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 $62,544 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 $64,852 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.