How much does a Financial Analyst make in Connecticut?

BLS reports a median annual wage of $106,250 for Financial Analysts in Connecticut as of the latest OES release. That is the 50th-percentile figure — half earn more, half earn less. The 25th-percentile is $84,130 and the 75th-percentile is $152,940.

What is the real (cost-adjusted) Financial Analyst salary in Connecticut?

After BEA RPP adjustment (regional price parity index 104.2 for Connecticut), the real-wage equivalent is $101,966 — what the $106,250 nominal salary actually buys. Quartiles in real terms: $80,738 to $146,774.

How are Connecticut Financial Analyst salaries calculated on this page?

Nominal wages come from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OES) — annual employer surveys, May 2026 reference period. Real-wage figures use BEA Regional Price Parities (2023 vintage) to adjust for state-level cost of living. No self-report or jobs-board data is mixed in.

How many Financial Analysts does Connecticut employ?

BLS OES counts 4,870 Financial Analysts employed in Connecticut in the most recent release. Employment density relative to population determines whether wage tiers reflect a robust competitive market or a thinner labor pool.

Why is the BEA RPP for Connecticut different from a single CPI number?

BEA splits regional price parity into three components — goods, services, and rents — reweighted to the BEA's national consumption basket. Connecticut's overall index of 104.2 reflects rents 116.6, services 153.2, and goods 98.6.

Does BLS financial analyst pay in Connecticut include investment-banking bonuses?

BLS OEWS captures W-2 wage and salary income — which includes annual cash bonuses paid through payroll. So sell-side IB analyst-level bonuses, equity-research bonuses, and FP&A annual incentives all show up in the BLS figure. What's NOT included: deferred stock, unvested RSU grants, partnership distributions to senior associates and above, and post-tax-year 'true-up' bonuses paid through 1099. In Connecticut, this means BLS reasonably represents junior analyst total comp but increasingly understates senior comp once equity becomes a meaningful share — gap widens at the P90 band.

Buy-side vs sell-side vs corporate finance analyst pay in Connecticut?

BLS aggregates SOC 13-2051 (Financial and Investment Analysts) without segmenting by sector. In Connecticut, buy-side roles at hedge funds, asset managers, and private equity firms typically lead on total comp at every level — bonus carry / performance fees can dwarf base. Sell-side investment banking analysts in Connecticut earn high cash comp but with steep hours; equity research mid-band; corporate finance / FP&A analysts earn the lowest among financial-analyst-track roles but with the most predictable hours. The Connecticut BLS median primarily reflects the corporate / FP&A end of the band; high-finance-cluster cities show much higher P90s as a result.

Connecticut Financial Analyst Salary: BLS $106K Median, Real $102K (2026)

TL;DR

Median Financial Analyst salary in Connecticut: $106,250 nominal, $101,966 real (BEA RPP basis).
Wage envelope: $70,060 (P10) to $229,020 (P90), with quartiles at $84,130 and $152,940.
Cost adjustment is small — neither an arbitrage state nor a high-cost penalty.
State ranks #8 nationally on nominal wage, #10 on real (RPP-adjusted) wage.

Wage breakdown — Connecticut

Percentile	Nominal (BLS)	Real (BEA RPP-adjusted)
P10 (entry tier)	$70,060	$67,235
P25 (lower quartile)	$84,130	$80,738
P50 (median)	$106,250	$101,966
P75 (upper quartile)	$152,940	$146,774
P90 (top tier)	$229,020	$219,787
Mean	$126,040	$120,959
Employment	4,870 Financial Analysts in Connecticut

Cost of living — BEA Regional Price Parity

Component	Connecticut index (US = 100)
All-items RPP	104.2
Goods	98.6
Services	153.2
Rents	116.6

Connecticut's overall RPP (104.2) is close to the national 100 baseline; nominal and real wage move roughly together.

After-tax take-home — Connecticut (2024 BLS · 2024 tax year, single filer)

Layer-by-layer take-home math at the BLS median

Layer	Amount	Note
Gross BLS P50 (Financial Analyst)	$106,250	nominal median
Federal income tax	−$14,622	13.8% effective; std deduction $15,750 applied
State income tax	−$5,125	2–6.99% (graduated)
FICA (SS 6.2% + Medicare 1.45%)	−$8,128	SS capped at $183,600 wage base
Take-home (after-tax)	$78,375	73.8% of gross
Real take-home (RPP-adjusted)	$75,215	÷ (104.2 / 100) BEA cost-of-living

What the Connecticut state-tax burden means for Financial Analyst take-home

Mid-band state-tax burden at 4.8% effective. Combined with federal and FICA, take-home is $78,375 (73.8% of gross). After the 104.2 RPP, real take-home is $75,215.

Computed from 2026 IRS federal brackets (Rev. Proc. 2025-32), 2026 state DOR brackets, and 2026 FICA rates. Single filer, standard deduction, no other adjustments. See methodology · tax for limitations (married filers, ITM/SALT itemizers, retirement deferrals, HSA, dependent credits, etc.).

National context

Across the United States, BLS reports a national median of $101,350 for Financial Analysts with mean pay of $116,490 and total employment of 340,580. Connecticut sits at #8 on nominal pay and #10 on real (cost-adjusted) pay among the 51 states and DC. After cost adjustment, Connecticut falls 2 positions — the cost premium eats into the headline wage.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a Financial Analyst make in Connecticut?: BLS reports a median annual wage of $106,250 for Financial Analysts in Connecticut as of the latest OES release. That is the 50th-percentile figure — half earn more, half earn less. The 25th-percentile is $84,130 and the 75th-percentile is $152,940.
What is the real (cost-adjusted) Financial Analyst salary in Connecticut?: After BEA RPP adjustment (regional price parity index 104.2 for Connecticut), the real-wage equivalent is $101,966 — what the $106,250 nominal salary actually buys. Quartiles in real terms: $80,738 to $146,774.
How are Connecticut Financial Analyst salaries calculated on this page?: Nominal wages come from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OES) — annual employer surveys, May 2026 reference period. Real-wage figures use BEA Regional Price Parities (2023 vintage) to adjust for state-level cost of living. No self-report or jobs-board data is mixed in.
How many Financial Analysts does Connecticut employ?: BLS OES counts 4,870 Financial Analysts employed in Connecticut in the most recent release. Employment density relative to population determines whether wage tiers reflect a robust competitive market or a thinner labor pool.
Why is the BEA RPP for Connecticut different from a single CPI number?: BEA splits regional price parity into three components — goods, services, and rents — reweighted to the BEA's national consumption basket. Connecticut's overall index of 104.2 reflects rents 116.6, services 153.2, and goods 98.6.
Does BLS financial analyst pay in Connecticut include investment-banking bonuses?: BLS OEWS captures W-2 wage and salary income — which includes annual cash bonuses paid through payroll. So sell-side IB analyst-level bonuses, equity-research bonuses, and FP&A annual incentives all show up in the BLS figure. What's NOT included: deferred stock, unvested RSU grants, partnership distributions to senior associates and above, and post-tax-year 'true-up' bonuses paid through 1099. In Connecticut, this means BLS reasonably represents junior analyst total comp but increasingly understates senior comp once equity becomes a meaningful share — gap widens at the P90 band.
Buy-side vs sell-side vs corporate finance analyst pay in Connecticut?: BLS aggregates SOC 13-2051 (Financial and Investment Analysts) without segmenting by sector. In Connecticut, buy-side roles at hedge funds, asset managers, and private equity firms typically lead on total comp at every level — bonus carry / performance fees can dwarf base. Sell-side investment banking analysts in Connecticut earn high cash comp but with steep hours; equity research mid-band; corporate finance / FP&A analysts earn the lowest among financial-analyst-track roles but with the most predictable hours. The Connecticut BLS median primarily reflects the corporate / FP&A end of the band; high-finance-cluster cities show much higher P90s as a result.

Sources & methodology

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OES), SOC 13-2051, 2024 reference period.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis — Regional Price Parities, 2023 vintage (all-items, goods, services, rents).
Real-wage figures = nominal BLS wage ÷ (state RPP / 100).
See the methodology page for full computation details and limitations.

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