Travel Agents in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,319
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$12,321
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,600
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
$60,640
Kept after tax
$48,319
Worth in national money
$46,600
State rank
5
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for travel agents is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $60,640, putting the state 5 of 49 — about 20.89% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Connecticut reports figures for, this is number 280.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $60,640, tax leaves $48,319 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $46,600 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $63,810, since top earners drag the number up.
- For travel agents, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $60,640, ranking 5 of 49 and running about 20.89% 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.
- In Connecticut's occupational distribution, travel agents sits at 280 of 482 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $48,319 remains from the Connecticut median of $60,640 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $46,600 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $63,810 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Travel Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $86,630 |
| This salary | $60,640 |
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 | $48,319 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,904 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,784 |
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 | $57,423 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,995 |
| 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 $60,640. The published range is $42,060 up to $86,630, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $48,319, from $60,640, 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 280 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 $46,600, the adjusted value of that $60,640 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 280 of 482 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for travel agents in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,060 to $86,630. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $48,319 from $60,640. 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 280 of 482 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Connecticut, so $46,600 — the adjusted value of that $60,640 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 280 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 $63,810, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $42,060 at the bottom tenth to $86,630 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Connecticut run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $46,600 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $48,319 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 49 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 $63,810. 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 ($42,060) and the ninetieth ($86,630) 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 $46,600 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 $48,319 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.