Taxes in Bridgeport
Connecticut's real, current graduated individual income tax runs 2% to 6.99% across 7 brackets -- applying uniformly in Bridgeport as everywhere in the state -- alongside a flat, no-local-option 6.35% sales tax and a Bridgeport-specific property tax picture that just dropped dramatically for the current fiscal year following a citywide revaluation.
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Learn moreConnecticut's Graduated Income Tax Runs 2% to 6.99%
Connecticut's real, current 2026 individual income tax runs 7 brackets: 2% on the first $10,000 of taxable income (single filers), rising through 4.5%, 5.5%, 6%, 6.5%, and 6.9%, up to a top rate of 6.99% above $500,000 (single) or $1,000,000 (married filing jointly). Connecticut does not have a standard deduction; instead it provides a personal exemption ($15,000 single / $24,000 MFJ) that phases out rapidly and is fully eliminated by $44,000 CT AGI (single) / $72,000 (MFJ).
Social Security Is Genuinely, Though Not Universally, Exempt
Per this project's verified Connecticut statewide research context, Social Security retirement benefits are fully exempt from Connecticut state income tax for single filers with AGI under $75,000 and joint filers under $100,000, with a real, partial exemption above those thresholds -- a real, genuine, though income-conditioned, benefit for retirees relocating to Bridgeport.
Sales Tax: Flat and Structurally Simple
Connecticut's state sales tax rate is a flat 6.35% (7.75% on certain luxury goods), with NO local-option city or county add-on anywhere in the state -- a real, genuine structural simplicity, distinct from the property-tax side's own real, current complexity and recent change discussed below.
Property Tax: A Real, Dramatic, Current Cut, But Landing Near the State Average, Not Below It
As detailed in full on the property-taxes topic page, Bridgeport's mill rate dropped approximately 40% for the current fiscal year (2026-27, to 27.95 from 43.45), computing to an effective rate near 1.96% of market value -- landing almost exactly at the Connecticut statewide average (also ~1.96%), not meaningfully below it, and still modestly above the Fairfield County average (~1.83%).
The Honest Bottom Line: A Genuinely Moderate Combined Tax Picture, With Real, Recent Property-Tax Volatility
This record's honest reading is that Bridgeport's real tax picture combines Connecticut's genuinely moderate-to-high graduated income tax and structurally simple flat sales tax with a property tax picture that just underwent real, substantial, recent change -- movers should confirm the CURRENT mill rate and their own specific tax-bracket exposure directly rather than assuming either the older, higher property tax rate or an unchanging future rate applies.
Key takeaways
- Connecticut's real, current 2026 individual income tax runs 2%-6.99% across 7 brackets, applying uniformly statewide including in Bridgeport.
- Social Security is fully exempt from Connecticut state income tax for single filers under $75,000 AGI and joint filers under $100,000, with a partial exemption above those thresholds.
- Connecticut's flat 6.35% state sales tax rate applies uniformly, with no local-option add-on anywhere in the state.
- Bridgeport's property tax mill rate just dropped approximately 40% for the current fiscal year, landing the computed effective rate almost exactly at the Connecticut statewide average.
- Confirm the CURRENT mill rate and a specific target property's resulting bill directly, given Bridgeport's real, recent, substantial property-tax volatility.
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