Prices, pay, taxes, homes and family budgets, county by county, from the same official data the site's calculators use.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures price levels in every state against a national average of 100. Connecticut scores 103.6 overall, so a $75,000 salary at average US prices buys what $77,708 buys here. Compare any salary with another state.
| Price level | Connecticut (US = 100) | Rank, most expensive first |
|---|---|---|
| Everything | 103.6 | 10th of 51 |
| Rents | 117.0 | 11th of 51 |
| Goods | 97.3 | — |
| Other services | 102.7 | — |
Home electricity averaged 28.75 cents a kilowatt-hour in 2024, against 17.06 across all states. A gallon of regular gas cost $4.20 at the end of August 2026, against $4.12.
Across all 1,696,170 jobs the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in Connecticut, the median pay is $59,690 a year, or $28.70 an hour; that ranks 6th of the 50 states and DC. One worker in ten earns less than $35,450 and one in ten more than $135,790.
Connecticut taxes wages in brackets, with a top rate of 6.99%. The brackets in Connecticut. A single filer on the median $59,690, with no retirement or health deductions, takes home about $47,608 a year, or $1,831 every two weeks, after $4,983 of federal income tax, $4,566 of Social Security and Medicare and $2,533 of state income tax. Work out your own paycheck in Connecticut.
The five occupations employing the most people, with their median annual pay:
| Occupation | Jobs | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 49,510 | $38,990 |
| Retail Salespersons | 42,410 | $36,490 |
| Registered Nurses | 40,110 | $102,740 |
| General and Operations Managers | 39,070 | $137,220 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 35,720 | $35,380 |
Of the 20 largest occupations, the best paid are financial managers ($174,830), general and operations managers ($137,220), registered nurses ($102,740). See what common jobs pay in every state.
Across the 8 Connecticut counties with their own Zillow home value, the median typical home is worth $423,066, and across the 8 with their own rent figure the median typical rent is $1,993 a month.
With 10% down at 7.03%, the average 30-year rate on September 24, 2026, that home costs about $3,308 a month with tax, insurance and mortgage insurance, which takes $141,786 a year of income under the usual 28% guideline. The Economic Policy Institute publishes no median family income for Connecticut's counties, so there is no local income to test it against. Try it with your own income.
At the median county, home values changed +5.1% over the past year and +41.1% over five years, and rents +3.8% over the past year.
The most expensive Connecticut counties are Fairfield County ($698,391), Middlesex County ($467,522) and New London County ($434,962); the least expensive are Windham County ($380,012), Hartford County ($390,975) and New Haven County ($411,328).
The Economic Policy Institute prices what a modest but adequate standard of living costs in every county: housing, food, transport, healthcare, childcare, other necessities and taxes. In the median Connecticut county, that comes to $56,751 a year for one adult and $138,024 for two adults and two children, of which $23,543 is childcare. The national averages are $47,367 and $101,771.
| Two adults, two children | Per year, median county | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | $19,836 | $1,653 |
| Food | $13,786 | $1,149 |
| Transportation | $19,647 | $1,637 |
| Healthcare | $23,638 | $1,970 |
| Childcare | $23,543 | $1,962 |
| Other necessities | $10,454 | $871 |
| Taxes | $27,707 | $2,309 |
Each line is its own median across counties, so the lines do not add up exactly to the total.
The Department of Education's College Scorecard lists 56 colleges in Connecticut, 12 of them public. The median public college reports a cost of attendance of $24,877 a year, covering tuition, housing, books and other expenses. Ten years after enrolling, the median school's former students earn $55,344. Compare degrees and schools.
| Fairfield County | $698,391 | +5.7% | $2,897 | — | $163,928 |
| Hartford County | $390,975 | +5.3% | $1,998 | — | $133,522 |
| Litchfield County | $430,768 | +2.7% | $1,877 | — | $139,887 |
| Middlesex County | $467,522 | +4.9% | $2,144 | — | $144,592 |
| New Haven County | $411,328 | +4.8% | $2,140 | — | $144,029 |
| New London County | $434,962 | +6.6% | $1,988 | — | $134,064 |
| Tolland County | $415,364 | +5.6% | $1,896 | — | $136,160 |
| Windham County | $380,012 | +4.5% | $1,651 | — | $131,189 |
A dash means the source publishes no figure for that county. Home values and rents are Zillow's own county figures only; counties Zillow does not cover are left blank rather than filled with a state average.
Hartford, CT (typical rent $2,020), Worcester, MA (typical rent $2,142), Bridgeport, CT (typical rent $2,897), New Haven, CT (typical rent $2,140).
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County figures are medians across Connecticut's counties, each counting once, so they describe the spread of places rather than of people. Property tax and insurance vary widely; the calculators let you use your own.