Speech-Language Pathologists in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,501
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$25,609
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,850
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
$100,110
Kept after tax
$74,501
Worth in national money
$71,850
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for speech-language pathologists is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $100,110, putting the state 13 of 51 — about 2.29% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Connecticut. It ranks 90 out of 482 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $100,110 the take-home is $74,501; in national-average money that behaves like $71,850. The average comes to $101,340, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For speech-language pathologists, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $100,110, ranking 13 of 51 and running about 2.29% 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.
- Within Connecticut, speech-language pathologists ranks 90 of 482 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Take-home for speech-language pathologists in Connecticut, on $100,110, is $74,501; deflated by the state's price level, $71,850. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $101,340 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Speech-Language Pathologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,290 |
| This salary | $100,110 |
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 | $74,501 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,257 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,711 |
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 | $93,349 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,414 |
| 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 $100,110. The published range is $65,400 up to $130,290, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $74,501 take-home in Connecticut comes from $100,110. 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 90 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $71,850 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 90.
- Reported values are medians; for speech-language pathologists in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $65,400 to $130,290. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $74,501, from $100,110, 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 90 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $71,850, worked from $100,110, 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 90 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $65,400 at the tenth percentile, $130,290 at the ninetieth.
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 $71,850 rather than its face figure.
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, $74,501 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($65,400 to $130,290) 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 $71,850 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 $74,501 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.