Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT moved from $54,670 in May 2024 to $57,370 in May 2025 (+4.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT sits +1.8 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT
General and Operations Managers publishes $126,870 here versus $105,770 nationally (+19.9%; 2,140metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $34,800 locally versus $31,200 nationally (+11.5%).
- General and Operations Managers$126,870 in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT sits 19.9% above the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,140 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$34,800 in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT sits 11.5% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,220 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$39,570 in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT sits 10.5% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,920 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$37,880 in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT sits 7.5% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,620 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 35980 · Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $70K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #49/528
- RPP-MID 100.4
- OCC-MID 342 occs
- TOP-LEAD Cardiologists · $514K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE +1.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Charlottesville,…
- BOOK-FULL 338 rows · May 2025
Read with Charlottesville, VA (+$5 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 Norwich-New London-Williman…
Employment scale inside Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists lead published employment inside Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 680 jobs · $154,190
- 2. Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 480 jobs · $138,090
- 3. Sales Managers 380 jobs · $146,690
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 370 jobs · $164,170
- 5. Architectural and Engineering Managers 360 jobs · $181,690
- 6. Managers, All Other 330 jobs · $137,120
- 7. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 310 jobs · $155,350
- 8. Natural Sciences Managers 300 jobs · $217,480
- 9. Pharmacists 270 jobs · $146,900
- 10. Marketing Managers 210 jobs · $159,250
- 11. Industrial Production Managers 190 jobs · $156,710
- 12. Physician Assistants 180 jobs · $140,030
- 13. Nurse Practitioners 170 jobs · $135,930
- 14. Pediatricians, General 140 jobs · $219,350
- 15. Human Resources Managers 140 jobs · $141,030
- 16. Physicians, All Other 130 jobs · $377,580
- 17. Dentists, General 130 jobs · $167,160
- 18. Chief Executives 90 jobs · $250,670
Occupations Tracked
342
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$69,529
employment-weighted, 338 complete rows
Top Salary
$514,290
Cardiologists
Cost of Living
100.4
0% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiologists | $514,290 |
| 2 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $448,470 |
| 3 | Physicians, All Other | $377,580 |
| 4 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $256,790 |
| 5 | Chief Executives | $250,670 |
| 6 | Pediatricians, General | $219,350 |
| 7 | Natural Sciences Managers | $217,480 |
| 8 | Podiatrists | $184,090 |
| 9 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $181,690 |
| 10 | Purchasing Managers | $167,220 |
| 11 | Dentists, General | $167,160 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $164,170 |
| 13 | Surgeons, All Other | $161,360 |
| 14 | Marketing Managers | $159,250 |
| 15 | Industrial Production Managers | $156,710 |
| 16 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $155,350 |
| 17 | Financial Managers | $154,190 |
| 18 | Pharmacists | $146,900 |
| 19 | Public Relations Managers | $146,880 |
| 20 | Sales Managers | $146,690 |
| 21 | Human Resources Managers | $141,030 |
| 22 | Physician Assistants | $140,030 |
| 23 | Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | $138,090 |
| 24 | Managers, All Other | $137,120 |
| 25 | Nurse Practitioners | $135,930 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Parking Attendants | $34,010 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $34,010 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $34,010 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $34,150 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | $34,220 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $34,380 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $34,470 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $34,800 |
| Dishwashers | $34,820 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $34,950 |
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 ($69,529 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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