School Bus Monitors in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,648
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$5,702
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,593
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
$35,350
Kept after tax
$29,648
Worth in national money
$28,593
State rank
22
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Connecticut is 22 of 50 states for school bus monitors, with a middle wage of $35,350. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Connecticut this is lower-paid work. Of 482 occupations the state publishes figures for, school bus monitors ranks 472. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $35,350, tax leaves $29,648 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $28,593 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $37,580, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut ranks 22 of 50 for school bus monitors at $35,350. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Connecticut reports, school bus monitors ranks 472 of 482, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $29,648 remains from the Connecticut median of $35,350 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $28,593 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $37,580 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: School Bus Monitors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,570 |
| This salary | $35,350 |
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 | $29,648 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,584 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,880 |
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 | $34,185 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,483 |
| 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 school bus monitors in Connecticut earn under $35,350 and half over. The published range runs $34,010 at the tenth percentile to $49,570 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $29,648, from $35,350, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 472 of 482 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $28,593, the adjusted value of that $35,350 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 472 of 482 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for school bus monitors in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,010 to $49,570; 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.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $29,648 from $35,350. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 472 of 482 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $28,593 — the adjusted value of that $35,350 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 472 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $37,580 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,010 at the bottom tenth to $49,570 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $28,593 — 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 $29,648.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $37,580. 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 ($34,010 to $49,570) 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 $28,593 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 $29,648 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.