Social Workers, All Other in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,378
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$14,702
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,444
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
$69,080
Kept after tax
$54,378
Worth in national money
$52,444
State rank
32
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut sits in the middle of the pack for social workers, all other. The median is $69,080, ranking 32 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Connecticut, this sits in the middle: 224 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $69,080 the take-home is $54,378; in national-average money that behaves like $52,444. The average comes to $76,860, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Connecticut occupies the middle band for social workers, all other: a median of $69,080, ranking 32 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Social workers, all other ranks 224 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.
- Take-home for social workers, all other in Connecticut, on $69,080, is $54,378; deflated by the state's price level, $52,444. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $76,860 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Social Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $69,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $114,880 |
| This salary | $69,080 |
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 | $54,378 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $57,428 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,654 |
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 | $64,964 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,368 |
| 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 social workers, all other in Connecticut earn under $69,080 and half over. The published range runs $47,070 at the tenth percentile to $114,880 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $54,378 take-home in Connecticut comes from $69,080. 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 224 of 482.
- Two cautions on $52,444, the adjusted value of that $69,080 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 224 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for social workers, all other in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,070 to $114,880; 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.
- Retained pay of $54,378, from $69,080, 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 224 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 50 for it.
- This $52,444 adjusted figure, worked from $69,080, 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 224 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 224 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $76,860, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $47,070, the highest tenth $114,880, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $52,444 of national purchasing power.
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 $54,378.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $76,860. 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 ($47,070) and the ninetieth ($114,880) 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 $52,444 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 $54,378 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.