Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT moved from $59,270 in May 2024 to $59,940 in May 2025 (+1.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT sits -2.0 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.
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education publishes $96,030 here versus $64,370 nationally (+49.2%; 2,490metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $148,080 locally versus $105,770 nationally (+40.0%).
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$96,030 in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT sits 49.2% above the national Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $64,370 (2,490 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$148,080 in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT sits 40.0% above the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (13,370 published local jobs).
- Child, Family, and School Social Workers$79,920 in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT sits 34.2% above the national Child, Family, and School Social Workers median of $59,550 (2,200 published local jobs).
- Bus Drivers, School$61,560 in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT sits 28.5% above the national Bus Drivers, School median of $47,920 (2,680 published local jobs).
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 25540 · Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $76K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #14/528
- RPP-MID 102.7
- OCC-MOST 575 occs
- TOP-LEAD Cardiologists · $437K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -2.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Durham-Chapel Hi…
- BOOK-FULL 558 rows · May 2025
Read with Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ($7 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 Hartford-West Hartford-East…
Employment scale inside Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 7,540 jobs · $170,310
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 4,200 jobs · $171,350
- 3. Lawyers 3,880 jobs · $157,200
- 4. Sales Managers 3,020 jobs · $161,410
- 5. Managers, All Other 2,620 jobs · $163,730
- 6. Architectural and Engineering Managers 2,530 jobs · $174,440
- 7. Marketing Managers 1,860 jobs · $163,210
- 8. Physicians, All Other 1,410 jobs · $222,820
- 9. Human Resources Managers 1,130 jobs · $158,180
- 10. Actuaries 960 jobs · $166,800
- 11. Computer Network Architects 690 jobs · $159,720
- 12. General Internal Medicine Physicians 510 jobs · $179,390
- 13. Chief Executives 470 jobs · $254,180
- 14. Pediatricians, General 470 jobs · $211,230
- 15. Psychiatrists 270 jobs · $280,370
- 16. Emergency Medicine Physicians 250 jobs · $418,940
- 17. Nurse Anesthetists 230 jobs · $231,800
- 18. Natural Sciences Managers 220 jobs · $196,930
Occupations Tracked
575
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$76,459
employment-weighted, 558 complete rows
Top Salary
$436,510
Cardiologists
Cost of Living
102.7
3% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiologists | $436,510 |
| 2 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $418,940 |
| 3 | Psychiatrists | $280,370 |
| 4 | Chief Executives | $254,180 |
| 5 | Nurse Anesthetists | $231,800 |
| 6 | Physicians, All Other | $222,820 |
| 7 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $217,760 |
| 8 | Commercial Pilots | $211,350 |
| 9 | Pediatricians, General | $211,230 |
| 10 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $199,870 |
| 11 | Natural Sciences Managers | $196,930 |
| 12 | Podiatrists | $187,790 |
| 13 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $179,390 |
| 14 | Neurologists | $178,920 |
| 15 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $174,440 |
| 16 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $171,350 |
| 17 | Financial Managers | $170,310 |
| 18 | Actuaries | $166,800 |
| 19 | Managers, All Other | $163,730 |
| 20 | Marketing Managers | $163,210 |
| 21 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $162,480 |
| 22 | Sales Managers | $161,410 |
| 23 | Computer Network Architects | $159,720 |
| 24 | Human Resources Managers | $158,180 |
| 25 | Lawyers | $157,200 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Transportation Workers, All Other | $34,010 |
| Parking Attendants | $34,010 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $34,010 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $34,010 |
| Data Entry Keyers | $34,160 |
| Tour and Travel Guides | $34,220 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $34,220 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $34,420 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $34,480 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $34,840 |
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 ($76,459 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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How to use Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT wage figures in a real decision
- Cardiologists leads published medians in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT at $436,510/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Cardiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $76,459 adjusts to about $74,416 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 102.7. 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.