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.
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.
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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How to use Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT wage figures in a real decision
- Cardiologists leads published medians in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT at $514,290/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Cardiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $69,529 adjusts to about $69,221 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 100.4. 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.