Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,186
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$8,954
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,827
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
$47,140
Kept after tax
$38,186
Worth in national money
$36,827
State rank
9
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $47,140, putting the state 9 of 47 — about 8.67% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in Connecticut, this one sits low: 372 of 482 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $47,140, tax leaves $38,186 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $36,827 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $46,970.
- For woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $47,140, ranking 9 of 47 and running about 8.67% 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.
- Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing occupies position 372 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, $38,186 remains from the Connecticut median of $47,140 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $36,827 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $46,970 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,250 |
| This salary | $47,140 |
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 | $38,186 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,057 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,394 |
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 | $44,811 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,315 |
| 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 $47,140. The published range is $37,440 up to $57,250, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $38,186, from $47,140, 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 372 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $36,827, the adjusted value of that $47,140 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 372 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,440 to $57,250. 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 $38,186 from $47,140. 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 372 of 482 locally.
- This $36,827 adjusted figure, worked from $47,140, 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 372 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 372 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,440 at the bottom tenth to $57,250 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $36,827 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, $38,186 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,440 to $57,250) 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 $36,827 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 $38,186 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.