Tax Preparers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,762
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$7,368
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,561
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
$41,130
Kept after tax
$33,762
Worth in national money
$32,561
State rank
39
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut is among the lower-paying states for tax preparers. The middle earner takes $41,130, ranking 39 of 48 states — about 25.11% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Connecticut, this one sits low: 415 of 482 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $41,130 the take-home is $33,762; in national-average money that behaves like $32,561. The average comes to $52,350, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Connecticut ranks 39 of 48 for tax preparers, with a median of $41,130 — about 25.11% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Tax preparers occupies position 415 of 482 in Connecticut's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Take-home for tax preparers in Connecticut, on $41,130, is $33,762; deflated by the state's price level, $32,561. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $52,350 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Tax Preparers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,750 |
| This salary | $41,130 |
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 | $33,762 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,228 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,691 |
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 | $39,306 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,464 |
| 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 tax preparers in Connecticut earn under $41,130 and half over. The published range runs $35,740 at the tenth percentile to $81,750 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $33,762 take-home in Connecticut comes from $41,130. 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 415 of 482.
- Two cautions on $32,561, the adjusted value of that $41,130 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 415 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for tax preparers in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,740 to $81,750; 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 $33,762, from $41,130, 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 415 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 48 for it.
- This $32,561 adjusted figure, worked from $41,130, 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 415 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 415 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 $52,350 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $35,740 and the top tenth $81,750 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $32,561 rather than its face figure.
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 $33,762 of this wage survives to your account.
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 48 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 $52,350. 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 ($35,740) and the ninetieth ($81,750) 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 $32,561 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 $33,762 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.