Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,483
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$16,927
22.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,403
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
$75,410
Kept after tax
$58,483
Worth in national money
$56,403
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $75,410, putting the state 5 of 51 — about 25.54% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Connecticut reports figures for, this is number 199.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $75,410, tax leaves $58,483 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $56,403 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $69,120.
- For security and fire alarm systems installers, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $75,410, ranking 5 of 51 and running about 25.54% 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.
- In Connecticut's occupational distribution, security and fire alarm systems installers sits at 199 of 482 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $58,483 remains from the Connecticut median of $75,410 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $56,403 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $69,120 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,390 |
| This salary | $75,410 |
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 | $58,483 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,881 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,277 |
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 | $70,581 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,910 |
| 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 $75,410. The published range is $43,940 up to $90,390, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $58,483, from $75,410, 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 199 of 482 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,403 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 199.
- Reported values are medians; for security and fire alarm systems installers in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $43,940 to $90,390. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $58,483 from $75,410. 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 199 of 482 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,403, worked from $75,410, 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 199 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 $69,120, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $43,940 at the bottom tenth to $90,390 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 $56,403 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 $58,483 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 $69,120. 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 ($43,940 to $90,390) 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 $56,403 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 $58,483 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.