Take-home pay in Connecticut by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Connecticut keeps $78,254 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $74,099 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$78,254 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Connecticut, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $9,419 more than as a C corporation.

Connecticut, 2026: $100,000 profit, single filer

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$25,901	$74,099	74%
Single-member LLC	$25,952	$74,048	74%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$21,746	$78,254	78%
S corporation	$21,801	$78,199	78%
C corporation	$31,165	$68,835	69%

What Connecticut takes from a business owner

Connecticut taxes personal income in 7 brackets, from 2% to 6.99% (2026, single filer).portal.ct.gov, checked Oct 20, 2026
An LLC pays the state Annual Report, $80 a yearbusiness.ct.gov, checked Oct 20, 2026.
An S corp in Connecticut can elect to pay the state's income tax itself, a pass-through entity tax of 6.99%, and the owner gets a credit for it. The company deducts it on the federal return, so it is not held to the SALT cap. The calculator uses it when it lowers the totalportal.ct.gov.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Connecticut unemployment tax at 1.9% on the first $27,000 of salary in the first yearportal.ct.gov, checked Oct 20, 2026.

What you keep at each profit

Profit	Sole prop	LLC	LLC as S corp	S corp	C corp
$50,000	$39,102	$39,044	$38,827	$38,767	$36,178
$100,000	$74,099	$74,048	$78,254	$78,199	$68,835
$150,000	$106,179	$106,127	$112,978	$112,925	$97,218
$250,000	$171,576	$171,532	$180,453	$180,401	$155,368
$500,000	$305,126	$305,081	$331,004	$330,957	$293,963

Single filer, no other income, revenue 1.5 times profit, the default salary for S and C corps. The most kept at each profit is green.

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