Connecticut nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Connecticut nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Connecticut nonmetropolitan area
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $37,910 here versus $35,800 nationally (+5.9%; 2,480metro-area jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$37,910 in Connecticut nonmetropolitan area sits 5.9% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,480 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Connecticut nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 0900001 · Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $64K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-HIGH #121/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 267 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $406K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Salinas, CA
- BOOK-MOST 261 rows · May 2025
Read with Salinas, CA ($2 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Connecticut nonmetropolitan…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers and Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary lead published employment inside Connecticut nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 1,420 jobs · $114,140
- 2. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 410 jobs · $133,610
- 3. Financial Managers 400 jobs · $143,260
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 300 jobs · $123,280
- 5. Sales Managers 240 jobs · $157,730
- 6. Managers, All Other 180 jobs · $160,060
- 7. Industrial Production Managers 180 jobs · $129,330
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 150 jobs · $150,190
- 9. Pharmacists 120 jobs · $148,880
- 10. Nurse Practitioners 120 jobs · $135,140
- 11. Software Developers 110 jobs · $135,690
- 12. Architectural and Engineering Managers 100 jobs · $160,010
- 13. Computer Occupations, All Other 90 jobs · $133,480
- 14. Chief Executives 80 jobs · $170,110
- 15. Veterinarians 80 jobs · $123,330
- 16. Physicians, All Other 70 jobs · $406,170
- 17. Human Resources Managers 70 jobs · $136,460
- 18. Physician Assistants 70 jobs · $130,970
Occupations Tracked
267
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$63,612
employment-weighted, 261 complete rows
Top Salary
$406,170
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General and Operations Managers | $114,140 |
| 2 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $133,610 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $143,260 |
| 4 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $123,280 |
| 5 | Sales Managers | $157,730 |
| 6 | Managers, All Other | $160,060 |
| 7 | Industrial Production Managers | $129,330 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $150,190 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $148,880 |
| 10 | Nurse Practitioners | $135,140 |
| 11 | Software Developers | $135,690 |
| 12 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $160,010 |
| 13 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $133,480 |
| 14 | Chief Executives | $170,110 |
| 15 | Veterinarians | $123,330 |
| 16 | Physicians, All Other | $406,170 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $136,460 |
| 18 | Physician Assistants | $130,970 |
| 19 | Marketing Managers | $126,770 |
| 20 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $120,790 |
| 21 | Fundraising Managers | $138,470 |
| 22 | Family Medicine Physicians | $243,050 |
| 23 | Pediatricians, General | $204,660 |
| 24 | Dentists, General | $129,780 |
| 25 | Purchasing Managers | $123,200 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Connecticut nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Driver/Sales Workers | $34,010 |
| Sewing Machine Operators | $34,010 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $34,010 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $34,010 |
| School Bus Monitors | $34,010 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $34,010 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $34,390 |
| Bakers | $34,620 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $34,870 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $34,880 |
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 ($63,612 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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