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Connecticut Salary Calculator 2026

Convert hourly ↔ annual salary and benchmark your pay against Connecticut-adjusted BLS medians for 20+ trade roles. Connecticut is pre-selected; includes overtime.

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Hourly ↔ Annual Reference Table

Hourly RateAnnual (2,080 hrs)MonthlyWeekly
$15.00/hr$31,200$2,600$600
$20.00/hr$41,600$3,467$800
$25.00/hr$52,000$4,333$1,000
$30.00/hr$62,400$5,200$1,200
$35.00/hr$72,800$6,067$1,400
$40.00/hr$83,200$6,933$1,600
$45.00/hr$93,600$7,800$1,800
$50.00/hr$104,000$8,667$2,000
$60.00/hr$124,800$10,400$2,400
$75.00/hr$156,000$13,000$3,000
$100.00/hr$208,000$17,333$4,000
$125.00/hr$260,000$21,667$5,000

Salary Calculator FAQ

How do you convert hourly rate to annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) for a standard full-time annual salary. Example: $30/hr × 2,080 = $62,400/yr. For overtime weeks, use: (40 hrs × rate) + (OT hrs × rate × 1.5) × number of weeks.

How many working hours are in a year?

Standard full-time: 2,080 hours (40 × 52). Minus 10 federal holidays (80 hrs): 2,000 paid hours. Minus 2 weeks vacation (80 hrs): 1,920 hours actually worked. BLS uses 2,080 for hourly-to-annual conversions. Turnaround and shutdown workers can exceed 3,000 hours/yr with heavy overtime.

What is time-and-a-half overtime?

Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees must receive 1.5× their regular rate for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Example: $30/hr base · regular week = $1,200 (40 hrs) · one 10-hr OT week = $1,200 + ($30 × 1.5 × 10) = $1,200 + $450 = $1,650. Double time (2×) is not federally required but common in petrochemical and union contracts.

Connecticut Salaries

How Connecticut salaries compare to the national market

Connecticut trade wages run about 8% above the national median (BLS OEWS May 2025), and this calculator applies a 1.08 Connecticut wage index to national medians. Defence manufacturing carries the state: Electric Boat's submarine programme in Groton is hiring at a scale not seen in decades, Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky anchor the Hartford corridor, and Fairfield County construction prices against the New York metro next door. On the tax side, Connecticut withholds 2%-6.99%, and employees also fund Connecticut Paid Leave at 0.5% of wages.

Connecticut: connecticut salary calculator — Connecticut wage index 1.08× national BLS median, Gross vs national ~8% above, State income tax 2%-6.99%. Simplified outline of Connecticut, stylised and not to scale.
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Connecticut trade salaries at a glance (2026 BLS)

Connecticut-adjusted BLS OEWS medians for common skilled trades (national median localised with the 1.08 Connecticut wage index). Enter your own pay in the calculator above to benchmark against any role.

TradeConnecticut median / yrNational medianConnecticut / hr
Electrician$68,250$63,190$32.81
Plumber$68,900$63,800$33.13
HVAC Technician$65,890$61,010$31.68
Pipefitter$68,900$63,800$33.13
Ironworker$67,800$62,780$32.60
Carpenter$65,430$60,580$31.46

Trade pay by Connecticut metro

Local BLS medians vs the Connecticut state average.

MetroMedianvs state
Stamford-Bridgeport (Fairfield County)$73,7101.08× state
Hartford$68,2501.0× state
New Haven$67,5700.99× state
Waterbury-Northwest$64,8400.95× state
What is driving trade demand in Connecticut?

Submarines above all. Electric Boat's Virginia- and Columbia-class programmes in Groton represent one of the largest sustained industrial hiring pushes in New England, pulling welders, pipefitters and electricians from across the region. Add Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky in the Hartford corridor, Yale and hospital construction in New Haven, and Fairfield County commercial work, and demand is broad rather than concentrated.

How accurate is the Connecticut benchmark in this calculator?

The calculator applies a Connecticut wage index (1.08×) to national BLS OEWS medians, a reference estimate, not a quote. Stamford-Bridgeport (Fairfield County) scale runs above the state figure while rural markets run below it. For exact BLS state and metro medians with percentiles, use the Connecticut salary guide.

Does a Connecticut salary go as far as the number suggests?

Not entirely. Connecticut withholds 2%-6.99% from every paycheck, and employees also fund Connecticut Paid Leave at 0.5% of wages, which costs roughly $4,225 a year on a $65,000 salary before any local layer. That is why a gross figure here is not directly comparable with one from a no-income-tax state; run both through the Connecticut paycheck calculator to compare take-home.

What is the median trade salary in Connecticut?

It varies by role: the Connecticut electrician median is about $68,250, plumbers $68,900, HVAC technicians $65,890, and pipefitters $68,900 (BLS OEWS May 2025, Connecticut-adjusted). Enter your own pay in the calculator to see your percentile against any role.

How is the Connecticut wage index applied?

National BLS OEWS medians are multiplied by a 1.08 Connecticut factor to localise them, reflecting that Connecticut gross pay runs about 8% above the national average. Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. It is a reference estimate, not an employer offer.

Which Connecticut metros pay trades the most?

Fairfield County, Stamford, Norwalk and Bridgeport, pays the most because it competes directly with the New York City labour market, running about 8% above the state figure. Hartford sits at parity on insurance-campus and aerospace work, New Haven just under it on Yale and hospital projects, and the Waterbury and northwest markets lowest.

Do Connecticut trade wages include overtime?

The benchmark medians are base pay. Connecticut follows the federal 1.5x-after-40 rule, and the Electric Boat expansion in Groton has made sustained overtime normal for pipefitters, welders and electricians on submarine work. This calculator lets you add overtime hours at 1.5x (or 2x) to model total annual pay.

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Sources & methodology

Salary figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (May 2025) national medians localised with a 1.08 Connecticut wage index; hourly rates assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Primary sources: BLS OEWS · Connecticut Department of Revenue Services · CT Paid Leave Authority. Reviewed 2026-07-25 by the GlobalCybers Data Desk · reference estimates, not an offer of pay. Full methodology →

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