Tire Repairers and Changers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,959
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$5,801
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,893
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
$35,760
Kept after tax
$29,959
Worth in national money
$28,893
State rank
39
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Connecticut is among the lower-paying states for tire repairers and changers. The middle earner takes $35,760, ranking 39 of 50 states — about 5.17% 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: 468 of 482 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $35,760, tax leaves $29,959 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $28,893 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $39,220, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut ranks 39 of 50 for tire repairers and changers, with a median of $35,760 — about 5.17% 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.
- Tire repairers and changers occupies position 468 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.
- After tax, $29,959 remains from the Connecticut median of $35,760 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $28,893 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $39,220 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tire Repairers and Changers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,590 |
| This salary | $35,760 |
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 | $29,959 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,913 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,919 |
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 | $34,572 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,530 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $35,760 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,090 and the ninetieth is $45,590 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Connecticut's $29,959, worked from $35,760. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 468 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Connecticut, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $28,893, the adjusted value of that $35,760 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 468 of 482 in the state.
- The Connecticut median of $35,760 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,090 to $45,590. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Connecticut take-home of $29,959, on $35,760 for work ranking 468 of 482 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 468 of 482 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $28,893 — the adjusted value of that $35,760 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 468 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 $39,220, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,090 at the tenth percentile, $45,590 at the ninetieth.
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 $28,893 of national purchasing power.
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 $29,959 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $39,220. 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 ($34,090 to $45,590) 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 $28,893 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 $29,959 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.