Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

Across all occupations in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metropolitan area, the median wage is $59,940 a year ($28.82 an hour) and the mean $76,720, May 2025. That median is +18% against the US median of $50,980 and 0% against Connecticut's $59,690. BLS counts 599,770 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is cardiologists; the largest is home health and personal care aides.

All occupations: Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT vs Connecticut and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT area, Connecticut and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	Hourly	$16.99	$19.51	$28.82	$46.42	$64.90	$36.88	599,770
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	Annual	$35,330	$40,590	$59,940	$96,550	$134,990	$76,720	599,770
Connecticut	Hourly	$17.04	$19.42	$28.70	$45.73	$65.29	$37.22	1,696,170
Connecticut	Annual	$35,450	$40,390	$59,690	$95,110	$135,790	$77,420	1,696,170
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

577 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Connecticut. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Cardiologists	$436,510	$209.86	160
2	Emergency Medicine Physicians	$418,940	$201.41	250
3	Psychiatrists	$280,370	$134.79	270
4	Chief Executives	$254,180	$122.20	470
5	Nurse Anesthetists	$231,800	$111.44	230
6	Physicians, All Other	$222,820	$107.13	1,410
7	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$217,760	$104.69	100
8	Commercial Pilots	$211,350	*	100
9	Pediatricians, General	$211,230	$101.55	470
10	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$199,870	*	70
11	Natural Sciences Managers	$196,930	$94.68	220
12	Podiatrists	$187,790	$90.29	40
13	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$179,390	$86.25	510
14	Neurologists	$178,920	$86.02	90
15	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$174,440	$83.87	2,530
16	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Connecticut	$171,350	$82.38	4,200
17	Financial Managers in Connecticut	$170,310	$81.88	7,540
18	Actuaries	$166,800	$80.19	960
19	Managers, All Other in Connecticut	$163,730	$78.72	2,620
20	Marketing Managers	$163,210	$78.47	1,860

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Connecticut	19,230	32.06	1.16	$39,620
2	Retail Salespersons in Connecticut	14,380	23.98	0.96	$35,720
3	Registered Nurses in Connecticut	13,850	23.09	1.06	$101,470
4	Stockers and Order Fillers in Connecticut	13,530	22.57	1.24	$40,730
5	General and Operations Managers in Connecticut	13,370	22.30	0.99	$148,080
6	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Connecticut	12,370	20.62	0.83	$35,030
7	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Connecticut	10,770	17.95	0.95	$44,000
8	Cashiers in Connecticut	10,040	16.74	0.84	$35,180
9	Customer Service Representatives in Connecticut	9,750	16.25	0.97	$48,050
10	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Connecticut	8,980	14.98	1.05	$37,400
11	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Connecticut	8,670	14.45	1.56	$78,740
12	Office Clerks, General in Connecticut	8,350	13.93	0.88	$48,170
13	Nursing Assistants in Connecticut	7,990	13.32	1.43	$44,340
14	Financial Managers in Connecticut	7,540	12.57	2.32	$170,310
15	Waiters and Waitresses in Connecticut	7,200	12.00	0.82	$37,200
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Connecticut	6,980	11.64	1.06	$55,940
17	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Connecticut	6,900	11.50	1.26	$38,720
18	Accountants and Auditors in Connecticut	6,780	11.31	1.21	$95,940
19	Software Developers in Connecticut	6,010	10.02	0.92	$132,520
20	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Connecticut	5,830	9.72	0.73	$59,890

Most concentrated occupations in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Actuaries	9.29	960	1.59	$166,800
2	Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	4.37	2,760	4.61	$38,440
3	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	3.96	3,380	5.63	$107,090
4	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	3.56	230	0.38	$95,990
5	Insurance Underwriters	3.51	1,430	2.38	$100,690
6	Tool and Die Makers	3.49	770	1.28	$78,060
7	Budget Analysts	3.32	600	1.01	$95,400
8	Computer Programmers	3.23	1,150	1.92	$141,920
9	Pediatricians, General	3.12	470	0.79	$211,230
10	Architectural and Engineering Managers	2.98	2,530	4.22	$174,440

Occupation groups in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$145,100	$160,170	52,800	88.04	1.23
Computer and Mathematical	$112,540	$117,100	20,870	34.80	1.03
Legal	$105,900	$134,450	6,510	10.85	1.29
Architecture and Engineering	$102,480	$105,460	12,990	21.66	1.29
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$99,480	$112,440	41,100	68.52	1.08
Business and Financial Operations	$93,070	$98,490	41,040	68.42	1.01
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$90,310	$100,200	4,050	6.75	0.71
Construction and Extraction	$73,480	$74,150	17,860	29.79	0.72
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$65,020	$69,680	19,040	31.75	0.81
Educational Instruction and Library	$64,370	$76,540	44,310	73.87	1.26
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$63,910	$77,540	6,040	10.07	0.77
Community and Social Service	$61,400	$66,910	13,250	22.09	1.29
Protective Service	$59,380	$63,890	13,330	22.22	0.91
Office and Administrative Support	$52,220	$57,700	66,770	111.33	0.98
Production	$51,100	$58,620	32,260	53.78	0.98
Transportation and Material Moving	$44,780	$49,000	49,620	82.73	0.94
Healthcare Support	$42,890	$43,490	35,630	59.41	1.17
Sales and Related	$38,860	$56,560	44,720	74.57	0.86
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$38,010	$43,500	16,900	28.18	0.96
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$37,630	$45,840	230	0.39	0.14
Personal Care and Service	$36,280	$42,950	13,810	23.03	1.10
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$35,930	$41,930	46,640	77.77	0.88

Every occupation in Connecticut, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 577 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT estimates (area 25540).

*: Wage estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.