Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,216
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$9,934
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,749
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
$51,150
Kept after tax
$41,216
Worth in national money
$39,749
State rank
4
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $51,150, putting the state 4 of 46 — about 19.59% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 341 among 482 occupations Connecticut publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $51,150, tax leaves $41,216 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $39,749 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $50,400.
- For sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $51,150, ranking 4 of 46 and running about 19.59% 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 341 of 482 in Connecticut places sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 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.
- After tax, $41,216 remains from the Connecticut median of $51,150 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $39,749 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $50,400 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,300 |
| This salary | $51,150 |
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 | $41,216 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,279 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,788 |
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 | $48,582 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,790 |
| 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 $51,150. The published range is $38,380 up to $66,300, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $41,216 take-home in Connecticut comes from $51,150. 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 341 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,749, the adjusted value of that $51,150 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 341 of 482 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,380 to $66,300. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $41,216, from $51,150, 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 341 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $39,749 — the adjusted value of that $51,150 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 341 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,380 at the bottom tenth to $66,300 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $39,749 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 $41,216 of this wage survives to your account.
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 ($38,380 to $66,300) 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 $39,749 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 $41,216 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.