Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,389
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$26,101
25.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,707
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
$101,490
Kept after tax
$75,389
Worth in national money
$72,707
State rank
7
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $101,490, putting the state 7 of 46 — about 20.41% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Connecticut this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 84 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $101,490 the take-home is $75,389. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $72,707 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $121,980, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For sociology teachers, postsecondary, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $101,490, ranking 7 of 46 and running about 20.41% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Connecticut publishes a median for, sociology teachers, postsecondary sits 84 of 482 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Connecticut income tax is $75,389 for sociology teachers, postsecondary, from $101,490. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $72,707. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $121,980 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $67,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $201,880 |
| This salary | $101,490 |
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 | $75,389 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,228 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,854 |
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 | $94,611 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,611 |
| 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 sociology teachers, postsecondary in Connecticut earn under $101,490 and half over. The published range runs $67,800 at the tenth percentile to $201,880 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $75,389, from $101,490, 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 84 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 $72,707, the adjusted value of that $101,490 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 84 of 482 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for sociology teachers, postsecondary in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $67,800 to $201,880; 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.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $75,389 from $101,490. 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 84 of 482 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $72,707 — the adjusted value of that $101,490 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 84 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 $121,980, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $67,800 and the top tenth $201,880 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $72,707 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Connecticut's own levy, $75,389 remains.
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.
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 $121,980. 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 ($67,800) and the ninetieth ($201,880) 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 $72,707 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 $75,389 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.