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.
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.
Similar mean wage
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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