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.
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.
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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How to use Waterbury-Shelton, CT wage figures in a real decision
- General Internal Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Waterbury-Shelton, CT at $360,610/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. General Internal Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $68,157 adjusts to about $68,309 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 99.8. 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.