Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT moved from $60,440 in May 2024 to $61,470 in May 2025 (+1.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT sits -1.4 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents publishes $133,530 here versus $78,660 nationally (+69.8%; 2,910metro-area jobs). Next is Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education at $99,360 locally versus $64,370 nationally (+54.4%).
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$133,530 in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT sits 69.8% above the national Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents median of $78,660 (2,910 published local jobs).
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$99,360 in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT sits 54.4% above the national Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $64,370 (2,340 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$98,600 in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT sits 54.1% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (4,590 published local jobs).
- Financial and Investment Analysts$158,310 in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT sits 54.1% above the national Financial and Investment Analysts median of $102,740 (2,550 published local jobs).
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 14860 · Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $84K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-ELEV · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #8/528
- RPP-ELEV 106.9
- OCC-MOST 484 occs
- TOP-LEAD Cardiologists · $528K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -1.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Trenton-Princeto…
- BOOK-FULL 446 rows · May 2025
Read with Trenton-Princeton, NJ ($751 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury
Employment scale inside Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 7,210 jobs · $211,000
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 2,900 jobs · $201,440
- 3. Sales Managers 2,250 jobs · $169,300
- 4. Lawyers 2,100 jobs · $180,610
- 5. Managers, All Other 2,040 jobs · $174,520
- 6. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 1,170 jobs · $171,910
- 7. Human Resources Managers 990 jobs · $191,190
- 8. Architectural and Engineering Managers 970 jobs · $199,040
- 9. Physicians, All Other 830 jobs · $367,050
- 10. Dentists, General 740 jobs · $180,440
- 11. Chief Executives 480 jobs · $388,060
- 12. Pediatricians, General 370 jobs · $220,030
- 13. Public Relations Managers 330 jobs · $174,990
- 14. General Internal Medicine Physicians 250 jobs · $221,400
- 15. Compensation and Benefits Managers 230 jobs · $218,860
- 16. Natural Sciences Managers 220 jobs · $204,250
- 17. Actuaries 220 jobs · $194,130
- 18. Training and Development Managers 180 jobs · $175,470
Occupations Tracked
484
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$83,840
employment-weighted, 446 complete rows
Top Salary
$527,720
Cardiologists
Cost of Living
106.9
7% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiologists | $527,720 |
| 2 | Chief Executives | $388,060 |
| 3 | Physicians, All Other | $367,050 |
| 4 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $338,950 |
| 5 | Psychiatrists | $329,530 |
| 6 | Commercial Pilots | $232,600 |
| 7 | Podiatrists | $229,020 |
| 8 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $221,400 |
| 9 | Pediatricians, General | $220,030 |
| 10 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $218,860 |
| 11 | Financial Managers | $211,000 |
| 12 | Natural Sciences Managers | $204,250 |
| 13 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $202,390 |
| 14 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $201,440 |
| 15 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $199,040 |
| 16 | Actuaries | $194,130 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $191,190 |
| 18 | Lawyers | $180,610 |
| 19 | Dentists, General | $180,440 |
| 20 | Training and Development Managers | $175,470 |
| 21 | Public Relations Managers | $174,990 |
| 22 | Managers, All Other | $174,520 |
| 23 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $171,910 |
| 24 | Surgeons, All Other | $171,720 |
| 25 | Sales Managers | $169,300 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| File Clerks | $34,010 |
| Cooks, All Other | $34,260 |
| Shampooers | $34,580 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $34,770 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $35,270 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $35,300 |
| School Bus Monitors | $35,450 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $35,620 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $35,770 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $35,810 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in CT
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside CT. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($83,840 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT wage figures in a real decision
- Cardiologists leads published medians in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT at $527,720/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Cardiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $83,840 adjusts to about $78,455 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 106.9. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for CT before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.