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.
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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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.