Waterbury-Shelton, CT Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Waterbury-Shelton, CT - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Waterbury-Shelton, CT moved from $50,110 in May 2024 to $51,440 in May 2025 (+2.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Waterbury-Shelton, CT sits -0.4 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Waterbury-Shelton, CT
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education publishes $79,640 here versus $63,970 nationally (+24.5%; 2,110metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $130,900 locally versus $105,770 nationally (+23.8%).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$79,640 in Waterbury-Shelton, CT sits 24.5% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (2,110 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$130,900 in Waterbury-Shelton, CT sits 23.8% above the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,370 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$34,850 in Waterbury-Shelton, CT sits 11.7% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,860 published local jobs).
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$39,990 in Waterbury-Shelton, CT sits 8.6% above the national Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners median of $36,840 (3,230 published local jobs).
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Waterbury-Shelton, CT; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 47930 · Waterbury-Shelton, CT $68K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #64/528
- RPP-MID 99.8
- OCC-MID 387 occs
- TOP-LEAD General Intern… · $361K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Portland-South P…
- BOOK-FULL 379 rows · May 2025
Read with Portland-South Portland, ME (+$22 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 Waterbury-Shelton, CT
Employment scale inside Waterbury-Shelton, CT's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Sales Managers lead published employment inside Waterbury-Shelton, CT's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 1,090 jobs · $167,320
- 2. Sales Managers 740 jobs · $158,500
- 3. Managers, All Other 640 jobs · $160,240
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 600 jobs · $169,760
- 5. Lawyers 450 jobs · $157,380
- 6. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 450 jobs · $137,710
- 7. Marketing Managers 380 jobs · $151,740
- 8. Pharmacists 370 jobs · $138,110
- 9. Architectural and Engineering Managers 320 jobs · $166,430
- 10. Nurse Practitioners 290 jobs · $141,530
- 11. Human Resources Managers 210 jobs · $151,580
- 12. Dentists, General 170 jobs · $174,370
- 13. Physician Assistants 170 jobs · $134,120
- 14. Pediatricians, General 150 jobs · $222,950
- 15. Commercial Pilots 130 jobs · $315,450
- 16. Chief Executives 130 jobs · $248,810
- 17. General Internal Medicine Physicians 90 jobs · $360,610
- 18. Computer Network Architects 90 jobs · $138,770
Occupations Tracked
387
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$68,157
employment-weighted, 379 complete rows
Top Salary
$360,610
General Internal Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
99.8
0% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Waterbury-Shelton, CT
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $360,610 |
| 2 | Commercial Pilots | $315,450 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $248,810 |
| 4 | Pediatricians, General | $222,950 |
| 5 | Dentists, General | $174,370 |
| 6 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $169,760 |
| 7 | Financial Managers | $167,320 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $166,430 |
| 9 | Database Architects | $160,480 |
| 10 | Managers, All Other | $160,240 |
| 11 | Sales Managers | $158,500 |
| 12 | Lawyers | $157,380 |
| 13 | Marketing Managers | $151,740 |
| 14 | Human Resources Managers | $151,580 |
| 15 | Public Relations Managers | $149,990 |
| 16 | Actuaries | $143,430 |
| 17 | Aerospace Engineers | $142,840 |
| 18 | Nurse Practitioners | $141,530 |
| 19 | Training and Development Managers | $140,870 |
| 20 | Computer Network Architects | $138,770 |
| 21 | Pharmacists | $138,110 |
| 22 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $137,710 |
| 23 | Optometrists | $136,590 |
| 24 | Physician Assistants | $134,120 |
| 25 | Art Directors | $133,680 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Waterbury-Shelton, CT
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Sewing Machine Operators | $34,010 |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | $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 |
| Bakers | $34,080 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $34,180 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $34,320 |
| Dishwashers | $34,470 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $34,540 |
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 ($68,157 here) and summed published employment.
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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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