Highest Paying Jobs in Connecticut

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Salary

$488,940

Cardiologists

Top 25 Average

$255,592

median salary

$100K+ Jobs

100

occupations

Occupations

100

with wage data

This ranking surfaces the 100 highest-paying occupations in Connecticut by BLS OEWS state median salary, drawn from the May 2025 release. At the top, Cardiologists pays a state median of $488,940, 1% below the national median of $496,010 for the same role. Of the 100 tracked positions, 100 pay above $100,000 per year in Connecticut - a useful threshold for separating specialist professional roles from mid-tier employment. The top-10 average sits at $349,773, giving a sense of what elite specialists inside this state actually clear.

The "Difference" column compares each state median to the corresponding national median for the same SOC code, making pay premiums and discounts immediately visible. In this list, 77 of 100 occupations pay above the national median in Connecticut, which usually signals one of three things: a local concentration of specialized employers (finance hubs, tech clusters, research universities, federal agencies), a cost-of-living adjustment baked into state-wide wage scales, or scarce in-state talent supply bidding up competitive roles. Occupations paying below the national median are not necessarily bad news, they often reflect lower cost of living in the state or industries where Connecticut is not a concentrated employer.

Rankings like this show ceiling-potential by specialty, but they don't tell you the odds of landing one of those roles. Pair this table with the employment column (how many workers the state actually employs in each occupation) and the growth projections on each occupation's national page to see whether the field is expanding or contracting. BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime, especially distorting for top-paying roles where equity and performance compensation can represent 30-50% of total pay. Use this leaderboard to shortlist careers worth exploring in Connecticut, then drill into each row's linked profile to check percentile spread, typical education, metro-level variation, and whether projected openings match your timeline.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Employment
1	Cardiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$488,940	$496,010	1% below	320
2	Anesthesiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$481,820	$391,490	+23% above	N/A
3	Orthodontists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$478,680	$289,140	+66% above	N/A
4	Emergency Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$418,940	$335,550	+25% above	470
5	Psychiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$326,670	$281,870	+16% above	560
6	Neurologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$320,680	$248,560	+29% above	120
7	Chief Executives Management Occupations	$295,120	$213,990	+38% above	1,660
8	Nurse Anesthetists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$236,960	$236,590	same as	480
9	Commercial Pilots Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$232,160	$123,220	+88% above	460
10	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Legal Occupations	$217,760	$153,990	+41% above	230
11	Pediatricians, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$216,830	$210,040	+3% above	1,310
12	Physicians, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$214,990	$265,930	19% below	4,700
13	Podiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$212,760	$160,300	+33% above	170
14	Natural Sciences Managers Management Occupations	$210,670	$167,220	+26% above	1,190
15	General Internal Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$208,000	$256,560	19% below	980
16	Obstetricians and Gynecologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$200,580	$292,910	32% below	330
17	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$199,870	$232,140	14% below	80
18	Compensation and Benefits Managers Management Occupations	$197,970	$149,230	+33% above	480
19	Radiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$191,990	$420,860	54% below	N/A
20	Physicists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$180,300	$172,250	+5% above	60
21	Architectural and Engineering Managers Management Occupations	$175,490	$171,270	+2% above	4,970
22	Financial Managers Management Occupations	$174,830	$166,570	+5% above	20,040
23	Computer and Information Systems Managers Management Occupations	$171,750	$175,140	2% below	10,570
24	Marketing Managers Management Occupations	$169,240	$166,790	+1% above	5,800
25	Actuaries Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$166,800	$130,000	+28% above	1,380
26	Human Resources Managers Management Occupations	$165,930	$149,280	+11% above	3,020
27	Dermatologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$165,040	$328,730	50% below	N/A
28	Family Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$163,930	$244,180	33% below	790
29	Lawyers Legal Occupations	$163,600	$159,670	+2% above	8,420
30	Managers, All Other Management Occupations	$162,690	$141,900	+15% above	7,330
31	Sales Managers Management Occupations	$162,110	$148,270	+9% above	8,560
32	Surgeons, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$161,680	$414,010	61% below	440
33	Dentists, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$160,440	$170,950	6% below	1,950
34	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Management Occupations	$156,240	$105,870	+48% above	4,610
35	Economics Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$155,950	$123,920	+26% above	300
36	Public Relations Managers Management Occupations	$154,210	$146,910	+5% above	890
37	Optometrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$150,340	$136,570	+10% above	490
38	Training and Development Managers Management Occupations	$145,070	$133,000	+9% above	630
39	Database Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$144,460	$139,500	+4% above	1,140
40	Computer Network Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$143,890	$134,050	+7% above	1,570
41	Pharmacists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$141,290	$140,910	same as	3,490
42	Air Traffic Controllers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$140,940	$148,080	5% below	N/A
43	Physician Assistants Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$139,860	$135,880	+3% above	3,570
44	Purchasing Managers Management Occupations	$138,680	$148,080	6% below	1,420
45	Nurse Practitioners Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$138,470	$132,300	+5% above	3,750
46	General and Operations Managers Management Occupations	$137,220	$105,770	+30% above	39,070
47	Industrial Production Managers Management Occupations	$134,780	$126,060	+7% above	3,360
48	Software Developers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$134,120	$135,980	1% below	13,660
49	Computer Programmers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$133,820	$100,390	+33% above	1,650
50	Biochemists and Biophysicists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$132,670	$127,410	+4% above	540
51	Computer and Information Research Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$131,650	$140,300	6% below	N/A
52	Medical and Health Services Managers Management Occupations	$130,790	$123,860	+6% above	8,020
53	Nurse Midwives Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$130,790	$134,040	2% below	150
54	Information Security Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$130,570	$129,180	+1% above	1,170
55	Materials Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$130,320	$117,790	+11% above	50
56	Personal Financial Advisors Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$129,720	$105,070	+23% above	N/A
57	Aerospace Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$129,500	$134,960	4% below	1,160
58	Advertising and Promotions Managers Management Occupations	$129,280	$133,660	3% below	240
59	Computer Occupations, All Other Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$127,720	$116,580	+10% above	3,100
60	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$126,850	$95,320	+33% above	940
61	Dentists, All Other Specialists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$126,410	$224,990	44% below	50
62	Data Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$126,340	$120,230	+5% above	1,760
63	Veterinarians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$126,190	$130,100	3% below	950
64	Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$125,350	$98,700	+27% above	80
65	Construction Managers Management Occupations	$125,190	$114,990	+9% above	3,620
66	Psychologists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$125,020	$110,840	+13% above	210
67	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$124,350	$109,270	+14% above	640
68	Engineers, All Other Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$124,110	$122,930	+1% above	2,430
69	Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$123,770	$103,170	+20% above	230
70	Sales Engineers Sales and Related Occupations	$123,660	$124,900	1% below	760
71	Education Administrators, Postsecondary Management Occupations	$123,190	$104,590	+18% above	2,100
72	Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$122,880	$96,870	+27% above	N/A
73	Fundraising Managers Management Occupations	$122,540	$125,470	2% below	900
74	Materials Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$122,300	$112,860	+8% above	420
75	Financial Examiners Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$120,530	$94,160	+28% above	N/A
76	Administrative Services Managers Management Occupations	$120,200	$114,130	+5% above	3,180
77	Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$119,970	$115,210	+4% above	410
78	Ship Engineers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$119,010	$109,530	+9% above	50
79	Nuclear Medicine Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$117,150	$101,370	+16% above	170
80	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$116,990	$103,410	+13% above	2,410
81	Radiation Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$116,170	$105,310	+10% above	110
82	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$115,640	$115,160	same as	270
83	Environmental Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$114,710	$107,110	+7% above	450
84	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Management Occupations	$114,210	$107,230	+7% above	2,410
85	Financial Risk Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$113,990	$117,330	3% below	660
86	Emergency Management Directors Management Occupations	$113,380	$93,330	+21% above	180
87	Audiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$113,180	$95,780	+18% above	70
88	Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$112,860	$99,650	+13% above	100
89	Physics Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$112,410	$100,310	+12% above	260
90	Biological Scientists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$111,940	$98,920	+13% above	170
91	Bailiffs Protective Service Occupations	$111,890	$56,600	+98% above	40
92	Facilities Managers Management Occupations	$110,990	$106,660	+4% above	2,650
93	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$109,610	$103,020	+6% above	210
94	Computer Systems Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$109,600	$105,850	+4% above	4,800
95	Financial and Investment Analysts Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$109,500	$102,740	+7% above	N/A
96	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Protective Service Occupations	$109,360	$106,040	+3% above	2,240
97	Gas Plant Operators Production Occupations	$109,060	$87,820	+24% above	N/A
98	Database Administrators Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$108,270	$104,620	+3% above	810
99	Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$106,330	$95,480	+11% above	450
100	Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$106,290	$96,980	+10% above	390

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in Connecticut. The "Difference" column shows how Connecticut pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

Every figure on WageDex is rendered directly from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, no number is typed in by an editor. These figures are computed directly from BLS OEWS state-level wage data. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2025.

Compiled by WageDex Editorial, Occupational Wages Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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