Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Connecticut

793 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Connecticut for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$65,710	280	View salary detail
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	$65,710	140	View salary detail
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film	$65,630	170	View salary detail
Fish and Game Wardens	$65,400	90	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$64,880	1,790	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$64,870	2,130	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$64,750	3,780	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$64,310	3,080	View salary detail
Meter Readers, Utilities	$64,180	140	View salary detail
Carpenters	$64,060	5,160	View salary detail
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers	$63,970	180	View salary detail
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers	$63,880	80	View salary detail
Glaziers	$63,840	690	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$63,820	5,210	View salary detail
Tapers	$63,600	80	View salary detail
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	$63,480	560	View salary detail
Clergy	$63,470	900	View salary detail
Calibration Technologists and Technicians	$63,420	120	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$63,250	410	View salary detail
Recreational Therapists	$63,240	380	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$63,240	4,090	View salary detail
Tile and Stone Setters	$63,150	230	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$62,940	90	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$62,740	1,860	View salary detail
Exercise Physiologists	$62,510	100	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$62,410	1,820	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	$62,410	170	View salary detail
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	$62,400	330	View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers	$62,380	380	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$62,360	650	View salary detail
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	$62,270	1,610	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$62,260	700	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$62,200	1,540	View salary detail
Machinists	$62,130	5,240	View salary detail
Postal Service Clerks	$62,130	860	View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians	$62,120	820	View salary detail
Roofers	$62,070	790	View salary detail
Museum Technicians and Conservators	$62,030	280	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$61,820	740	View salary detail
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	$61,810	—	View salary detail
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	$61,620	470	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$61,580	2,850	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$61,520	7,970	View salary detail
Adapted Physical Education Specialists	$61,480	1,400	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, All Other	$61,480	1,400	View salary detail
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	$61,320	170	View salary detail
Correspondence Clerks	$61,310	70	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$61,190	380	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$61,130	4,510	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$60,940	1,120	View salary detail

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Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.