SALARY · FOOD SERVERS, NONRESTAURANT · CONNECTICUT

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant salary in Connecticut

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Connecticut, the middle food servers, nonrestaurant earned $35,950 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$35,950

$17 per hour at the median · That is $590 (1.7 percent) above the national median of $35,360 for this occupation.

$37,550Mean annual salary
$18Mean hourly wage
$5,050People employed in this job in Connecticut

Salary range

25th: $34,930Median: $35,95075th: $37,740
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$34,930
Median (50th percentile)$35,950
75th percentile$37,740
Mean$37,550

The middle half of workers earned from $34,930 to $37,740 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED PAY BEFORE STATE TAX

$31,066 a year
$2,589 a month
Federal tax $2,134 · FICA $2,750

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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