Wages by Occupation in Connecticut nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Connecticut nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 66,740 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $50,200 for all occupations combined. 267 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	380	$90,420	$92,650	5.76	0.62
Administrative Services Managers	110	$112,180	$117,380	1.70	1.00
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	90	$34,870	$39,330	1.34	0.52
Animal Caretakers	150	$35,920	$41,490	2.21	1.29
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	30	$106,340	$120,730	0.46	0.67
Architectural and Engineering Managers	100	$160,010	$156,370	1.53	1.08
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	50	$60,090	$59,550	0.79	0.82
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	340	$59,260	$58,990	5.02	1.11
Bakers	110	$34,620	$37,870	1.62	1.07
Bartenders	300	$36,930	$48,530	4.54	0.93
Billing and Posting Clerks	120	$47,330	$50,320	1.78	0.68
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	690	$54,900	$58,710	10.34	1.17
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	150	$72,750	$75,630	2.18	1.17
Bus Drivers, School	520	$48,070	$51,140	7.79	3.01
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	100	$81,220	$82,440	1.49	0.21
Butchers and Meat Cutters	60	$39,430	$43,210	0.92	1.05
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	170	$73,780	$74,120	2.52	0.80
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	60	$62,090	$58,950	0.94	1.89
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	170	$100,360	$97,570	2.52	3.52
Carpenters	280	$61,360	$62,560	4.22	0.98
Cashiers	1,730	$35,120	$35,910	25.88	1.30
Chefs and Head Cooks	140	$62,370	$68,910	2.04	1.59
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	70	$59,380	$55,660	1.04	1.16
Chemical Technicians	40	$63,720	$63,900	0.57	1.54
Chemists	30	$95,830	$101,090	0.48	0.91
Chief Executives	80	$170,110	$244,900	1.19	0.90
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	190	$78,800	$80,010	2.80	1.11
Childcare Workers	520	$35,910	$37,580	7.72	2.31
Civil Engineers	140	$104,500	$109,100	2.04	0.86
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	150	$40,860	$43,870	2.22	0.91
Clergy	30	$60,740	$63,560	0.45	1.22
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	90	$63,240	$75,500	1.27	0.60
Coaches and Scouts	240	$50,380	$58,750	3.59	2.24
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$57,200	$54,900	1.36	1.33
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	—	$53,720	$59,580	—	—
Compliance Officers	90	$79,320	$84,510	1.34	0.50
Computer and Information Systems Managers	150	$150,190	$166,290	2.32	0.54
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	140	$58,670	$57,110	2.04	1.87
Computer Occupations, All Other	90	$133,480	$125,520	1.37	0.49
Computer Systems Analysts	90	$68,990	$87,310	1.35	0.40
Computer User Support Specialists	190	$62,770	$66,750	2.82	0.61
Concierges	40	$35,090	$35,920	0.63	1.98
Construction and Building Inspectors	50	$82,180	$79,490	0.75	0.79
Construction Laborers	410	$57,020	$58,930	6.07	0.86
Construction Managers	110	$107,640	$113,160	1.69	0.69
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	270	$43,940	$44,140	4.09	1.44
Cooks, Restaurant	630	$38,140	$40,900	9.49	1.05
Cost Estimators	70	$72,470	$81,850	0.98	0.68
Counter and Rental Clerks	120	$40,210	$45,750	1.73	0.67
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	110	$48,840	$51,740	1.57	1.36
Customer Service Representatives	650	$46,460	$50,030	9.77	0.59
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$42,360	$43,630	0.75	2.58
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	60	$44,730	$46,580	0.95	0.86
Dental Assistants	120	$57,110	$55,420	1.84	0.74
Dental Hygienists	130	$98,550	$97,070	1.99	1.39
Dentists, General	40	$129,780	$164,550	0.59	0.74
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	40	$100,540	$98,180	0.55	0.95
Dietitians and Nutritionists	30	$57,100	$63,580	0.51	1.02
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	210	$34,010	$36,850	3.21	0.92
Dishwashers	390	$35,020	$36,300	5.86	1.91
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	60	$56,010	$57,670	0.83	0.63
Driver/Sales Workers	200	$34,010	$39,510	2.98	1.13
Education Administrators, All Other	40	$111,240	$129,100	0.58	1.64
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	410	$133,610	$132,760	6.20	2.94
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	50	$60,260	$62,360	0.78	1.64
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	150	$65,390	$69,060	2.21	0.97
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$72,070	$70,060	0.62	1.02
Electrical Engineers	50	$102,580	$106,450	0.76	0.59
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	330	$44,410	$45,740	4.89	3.08
Electricians	340	$75,520	$75,600	5.15	1.06
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	850	$76,080	$74,840	12.76	1.43
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	40	$67,700	$68,180	0.58	0.59
Emergency Medical Technicians	230	$48,210	$48,230	3.48	3.00
Engineers, All Other	50	$96,200	$100,870	0.68	0.68
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	210	$72,350	$74,100	3.16	1.07
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	80	$48,890	$58,030	1.14	0.55
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	190	$48,470	$52,790	2.83	7.23
Facilities Managers	130	$97,590	$104,350	2.01	2.00
Family Medicine Physicians	40	$243,050	$257,880	0.54	0.79
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	40	$37,970	$42,430	0.65	0.38
Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,610	$34,390	$35,430	24.18	0.98
Financial and Investment Analysts	40	$98,550	$114,420	0.57	0.25
Financial Managers	400	$143,260	$162,670	5.96	1.10
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	40	$69,160	$71,110	0.58	6.52
Firefighters	60	$71,450	$63,640	0.94	0.42
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	340	$79,520	$82,610	5.10	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	90	$57,110	$60,380	1.33	2.00
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	30	$89,530	$93,070	0.48	0.76
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	500	$49,960	$54,040	7.43	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	90	$65,370	$62,800	1.35	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	90	$71,940	$72,640	1.41	1.68
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	260	$80,720	$87,490	3.91	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	40	$71,200	$101,150	0.59	0.43
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	860	$69,970	$74,080	12.85	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	70	$58,930	$62,620	1.07	1.45
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	60	$120,790	$116,740	0.84	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	530	$75,290	$75,560	7.94	1.83
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	660	$51,270	$56,400	9.90	1.37
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	210	$66,200	$67,410	3.20	0.80
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	80	$38,090	$37,860	1.13	2.08
Food Preparation Workers	580	$36,620	$38,350	8.75	1.52
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	190	$34,960	$36,380	2.82	1.49
Food Service Managers	90	$61,590	$71,080	1.35	0.88
Fundraisers	80	$74,450	$74,710	1.16	1.63
Fundraising Managers	50	$138,470	$145,270	0.82	3.30
Funeral Attendants	30	$48,190	$47,770	0.50	2.50
General and Operations Managers	1,420	$114,140	$140,590	21.27	0.94
Graphic Designers	50	$57,390	$61,460	0.76	0.59
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	200	$46,980	$46,330	3.05	7.07
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	100	$35,020	$47,230	1.52	0.78
Healthcare Social Workers	60	$73,450	$71,740	0.88	0.73
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	110	$37,080	$43,840	1.59	2.25
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	150	$65,050	$66,170	2.30	0.87
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	840	$59,190	$61,220	12.61	0.95
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	60	$44,990	$59,240	0.92	1.49
Helpers--Production Workers	120	$43,480	$46,750	1.76	1.65
Highway Maintenance Workers	290	$63,770	$64,760	4.30	4.32
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	2,480	$37,910	$39,570	37.12	1.34
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	120	$34,010	$35,190	1.85	0.67
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	60	$35,830	$37,350	0.85	0.50
Human Resources Managers	70	$136,460	$145,620	1.09	0.77
Human Resources Specialists	250	$76,260	$79,770	3.75	0.64
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	80	$70,620	$72,430	1.13	2.32
Industrial Engineers	280	$98,980	$99,760	4.23	1.80
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	160	$61,760	$64,050	2.34	0.83
Industrial Production Managers	180	$129,330	$130,240	2.75	1.73
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	170	$55,220	$53,660	2.58	0.52
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	50	$38,560	$41,620	0.78	0.90
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	470	$50,730	$55,140	7.09	1.84
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	150	$56,180	$56,870	2.21	1.95
Instructional Coordinators	110	$76,860	$80,240	1.61	1.10
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	30	$48,930	$53,920	0.46	0.49
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	840	$43,300	$44,110	12.52	0.88
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	80	$84,610	$77,880	1.19	1.70
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	880	$45,250	$44,840	13.13	0.69
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	940	$45,710	$45,520	14.06	2.30
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	—	$46,820	$50,400	—	—
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	60	$36,310	$37,030	0.92	0.73
Lawyers	170	$69,990	$121,800	2.50	0.52
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	140	$62,310	$65,960	2.12	2.46
Library Assistants, Clerical	150	$36,520	$39,020	2.25	4.09
Library Technicians	40	$38,250	$42,690	0.61	1.39
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	380	$71,320	$70,800	5.66	1.36
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	40	$34,010	$35,060	0.64	0.63
Light Truck Drivers	280	$39,930	$42,390	4.13	0.65
Loan Officers	60	$84,990	$96,500	0.95	0.54
Logisticians	50	$80,930	$81,850	0.80	0.49
Machinists	330	$60,600	$58,980	4.90	2.66
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	310	$35,650	$39,280	4.59	0.83
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	630	$56,350	$57,790	9.39	0.95
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	30	$61,460	$59,120	0.46	1.19
Management Analysts	150	$72,550	$92,050	2.21	0.38
Managers, All Other	180	$160,060	$152,890	2.67	0.67
Manicurists and Pedicurists	110	$34,880	$37,390	1.69	1.72
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	190	$64,170	$73,550	2.80	0.48
Marketing Managers	70	$126,770	$149,030	1.10	0.43
Massage Therapists	40	$77,660	$71,170	0.61	0.96
Mechanical Engineers	100	$99,170	$100,270	1.45	0.76
Medical and Health Services Managers	300	$123,280	$128,630	4.44	1.16
Medical Assistants	360	$46,980	$47,220	5.44	1.03
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	40	$99,820	$98,510	0.55	0.50
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	260	$47,870	$51,350	3.85	0.62
Medical Transcriptionists	—	$42,190	$45,960	—	—
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	40	$62,960	$62,600	0.55	0.60
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	80	$70,220	$74,540	1.27	1.49
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	110	$40,240	$45,070	1.66	1.56
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other	70	$49,860	$47,860	1.12	10.95
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	480	$75,550	$75,920	7.25	1.82
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	750	$39,780	$45,280	11.27	1.25
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	70	$75,000	$73,650	1.12	0.99
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	220	$49,110	$50,290	3.34	3.45
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	350	$50,680	$51,150	5.27	6.58
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	50	$92,180	$95,680	0.71	0.35
Nurse Practitioners	120	$135,140	$138,410	1.76	0.85
Nursing Assistants	1,050	$44,060	$43,690	15.67	1.68
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	30	$93,060	$98,960	0.46	0.51
Occupational Therapists	160	$103,330	$101,830	2.32	2.22
Occupational Therapy Assistants	40	$74,430	$73,260	0.57	1.74
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	130	$37,830	$42,290	2.00	1.61
Office Clerks, General	1,000	$47,590	$49,630	14.98	0.95
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	250	$74,470	$78,760	3.70	1.20
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	—	$50,400	$52,400	—	—
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	170	$64,930	$53,590	2.47	1.01
Packers and Packagers, Hand	230	$37,790	$41,120	3.49	0.97
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	100	$51,190	$56,970	1.46	1.01
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	80	$46,520	$49,100	1.27	2.06
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	100	$60,240	$63,200	1.44	0.57
Paramedics	100	$73,840	$72,590	1.48	2.29
Parts Salespersons	160	$36,510	$43,350	2.41	1.39
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	70	$61,470	$64,940	1.01	1.03
Pediatricians, General	40	$204,660	$213,790	0.58	2.31
Pharmacists	120	$148,880	$138,310	1.80	0.87
Pharmacy Technicians	190	$46,250	$45,610	2.88	0.95
Phlebotomists	40	$45,130	$44,270	0.66	0.72
Physical Therapist Assistants	50	$76,630	$72,150	0.78	1.08
Physical Therapists	160	$102,950	$104,290	2.38	1.38
Physician Assistants	70	$130,970	$136,570	1.04	1.00
Physicians, All Other	70	$406,170	$339,350	0.99	0.45
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	200	$73,110	$67,210	2.98	0.99
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	280	$78,750	$81,680	4.13	0.96
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	280	$47,880	$53,400	4.13	1.34
Printing Press Operators	50	$57,960	$54,790	0.69	0.75
Production Workers, All Other	170	$51,260	$53,300	2.48	1.53
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	180	$58,680	$61,960	2.64	1.05
Project Management Specialists	220	$84,490	$95,960	3.34	0.49
Property Appraisers and Assessors	60	$78,050	$78,570	0.85	2.32
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	140	$68,960	$79,390	2.04	1.02
Protective Service Workers, All Other	30	$36,850	$50,560	0.52	0.99
Psychiatric Technicians	60	$49,350	$59,280	0.90	0.90
Public Relations Specialists	50	$72,850	$88,210	0.74	0.40
Public Safety Telecommunicators	80	$58,430	$57,930	1.21	1.83
Purchasing Managers	30	$123,200	$121,980	0.49	0.90
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	100	$99,980	$93,820	1.53	1.04
Receptionists and Information Clerks	540	$39,010	$41,500	8.13	1.39
Recreation Workers	260	$36,350	$42,060	3.97	1.86
Registered Nurses	1,120	$100,380	$100,670	16.82	0.77
Rehabilitation Counselors	180	$44,290	$59,500	2.65	4.35
Residential Advisors	110	$42,380	$43,790	1.62	2.97
Retail Salespersons	1,680	$35,940	$39,710	25.22	1.01
Sales Managers	240	$157,730	$168,510	3.65	0.89
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	230	$67,830	$78,510	3.39	0.42
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	430	$66,570	$78,370	6.48	0.81
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	80	$95,190	$100,770	1.19	0.65
School Bus Monitors	60	$34,010	$34,330	0.87	1.72
School Psychologists	70	$97,800	$95,000	1.09	2.65
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	960	$74,920	$74,420	14.38	2.10
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	790	$50,640	$52,670	11.77	1.07
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	120	$69,290	$94,500	1.86	0.59
Security Guards	220	$44,040	$46,010	3.30	0.40
Self-Enrichment Teachers	150	$54,550	$60,640	2.30	1.08
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$46,260	$55,290	0.55	1.43
Sewing Machine Operators	80	$34,010	$37,420	1.13	1.68
Sheet Metal Workers	50	$54,410	$59,030	0.75	0.97
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	340	$46,960	$48,680	5.06	0.96
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	140	$38,050	$39,770	2.04	1.28
Social and Community Service Managers	210	$67,540	$74,470	3.08	2.29
Social and Human Service Assistants	740	$44,140	$47,370	11.06	3.93
Software Developers	110	$135,690	$135,140	1.68	0.16
Special Education Teachers, All Other	130	$60,660	$64,390	2.01	9.21
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	110	$78,630	$77,090	1.59	0.95
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	110	$78,750	$79,390	1.70	2.78
Special Education Teachers, Preschool	—	$66,400	$73,630	—	—
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	70	$81,970	$80,440	1.10	1.04
Speech-Language Pathologists	90	$101,600	$100,550	1.38	1.17
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,530	$37,300	$40,790	22.98	1.26
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	30	$62,450	$61,390	0.48	1.42
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	280	$66,050	$70,350	4.18	1.32
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	260	$45,750	$48,360	3.91	1.16
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	40	$72,190	$72,970	0.67	1.84
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	100	$62,090	$61,470	1.49	2.04
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,260	$38,190	$41,040	18.95	2.07
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	50	$74,180	$77,070	0.69	0.76
Tellers	180	$44,360	$45,260	2.62	1.24
Tire Repairers and Changers	60	$39,410	$46,940	0.94	1.35
Tool and Die Makers	100	$76,590	$71,490	1.50	4.10
Training and Development Specialists	110	$69,520	$76,250	1.65	0.56
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	70	$104,850	$108,490	1.06	0.74
Tutors	60	$59,420	$60,470	0.96	0.86
Veterinarians	80	$123,330	$120,730	1.14	2.10
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	80	$45,810	$44,820	1.24	1.53
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	120	$49,620	$51,870	1.75	2.11
Waiters and Waitresses	1,020	$36,530	$43,410	15.31	1.05
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	60	$63,370	$64,410	0.86	1.04
Web and Digital Interface Designers	—	$97,190	$90,680	—	—
Web Developers	40	$61,860	$70,850	0.54	1.20
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	80	$59,930	$57,340	1.13	0.42
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	30	$47,130	$47,420	0.50	1.27

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, metropolitan area estimates (cross-industry, all ownerships). Wages are pay for all workers in an occupation in this area, not any one person or employer; a dash means BLS does not publish the figure (often to protect privacy or because the estimate is unreliable), and “or more” marks a wage at or above BLS’s top reporting limit. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs in this area divided by its share nationally (1.00 = the same share as the U.S.; above 1.00 = a larger share); it says nothing about pay or openings. Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's jobs per 1,000 jobs of all kinds in this area. Occupations that BLS reports only as hourly wages are not listed, and BLS shows some wages above its top limit as plain numbers while others read “or more”. Occupations are listed alphabetically; click a heading to sort. MajorPays does not rank places or occupations. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; the Bureau of Labor Statistics has not approved or endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice. See Data sources.

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