Sales Managers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$113,592
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$48,518
29.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$109,550
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
$162,110
Kept after tax
$113,592
Worth in national money
$109,550
State rank
7
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Connecticut pays sales managers a middle wage of $162,110, ranking 7 of 50 states and sitting about 9.33% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Connecticut reports, sales managers comes in at 16 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $162,110 the take-home is $113,592; in national-average money that behaves like $109,550. The average comes to $175,420, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Connecticut's median for sales managers is $162,110, about 9.33% above the national figure and 7 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Sales managers ranks 16 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.
- Take-home for sales managers in Connecticut, on $162,110, is $113,592; deflated by the state's price level, $109,550. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $175,420 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sales Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $92,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $162,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $281,490 |
| This salary | $162,110 |
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 | $113,592 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $122,068 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,067 |
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 | $149,708 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$22,842 |
| 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 $162,110. The published range is $92,530 up to $281,490, 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 $113,592, worked from $162,110. 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 16 of 482.
- Two cautions on $109,550, the adjusted value of that $162,110 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 16 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for sales managers in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $92,530 to $281,490. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Connecticut take-home of $113,592, on $162,110 for work ranking 16 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 16 of 482 in the state.
- This $109,550 adjusted figure, worked from $162,110, 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 16 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 16 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $175,420, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $92,530 at the bottom tenth to $281,490 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 $109,550 — 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 $113,592.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $175,420. 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 ($92,530) and the ninetieth ($281,490) 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 $109,550 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 $113,592 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.