SALARY · DENTAL ASSISTANTS · CONNECTICUT

Dental Assistants salary in Connecticut

This is not a guess and it is not a job ad. It is the published BLS figure for dental assistants in Connecticut, where the median was $56,850 a year. I keep the source on every page because a salary number without a source is just a story.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$56,850

$27 per hour at the median · That is $8,780 (18.3 percent) above the national median of $48,070 for this occupation.

$53,970Mean annual salary
$26Mean hourly wage
$3,840People employed in this job in Connecticut

Salary range

25th: $48,360Median: $56,85075th: $59,650
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$48,360
Median (50th percentile)$56,850
75th percentile$59,650
Mean$53,970

The middle half of workers earned from $48,360 to $59,650 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED PAY BEFORE STATE TAX

$47,859 a year
$3,988 a month
Federal tax $4,642 · FICA $4,349

State tax is not in this figure. State tax for Connecticut is not included in this figure, because the verified $50,000 and $100,000 hand checks rest on Tables C, D and E, and the full schedules for those tables are not encoded for every salary in this build. Treat this figure as before state tax, not as a final take-home figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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