Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,632
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$9,738
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,186
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
$50,370
Kept after tax
$40,632
Worth in national money
$39,186
State rank
25
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Connecticut is 25 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $50,370. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Connecticut, this sits in the middle: 347 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $50,370, tax leaves $40,632 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $39,186 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $54,190, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut ranks 25 of 50 for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders at $50,370. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders ranks 347 of 482 occupations in Connecticut by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After tax, $40,632 remains from the Connecticut median of $50,370 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $39,186 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $54,190 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,050 |
| This salary | $50,370 |
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 | $40,632 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,652 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,706 |
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 | $47,856 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,691 |
| 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 $50,370. The published range is $38,020 up to $71,050, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $40,632, from $50,370, 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 347 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $39,186, the adjusted value of that $50,370 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 347 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,020 to $71,050. 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 $40,632 from $50,370. 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 347 of 482 locally.
- This $39,186 adjusted figure, worked from $50,370, 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 347 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 347 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 $54,190 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 $38,020 at the bottom tenth to $71,050 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Connecticut costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $39,186 rather than its face figure.
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 $40,632.
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 $54,190. 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 ($38,020 to $71,050) 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 $39,186 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 $40,632 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.