Occupational profile · 2025
Connecticut
Connecticut employs 1,696,170 people. The work it does most unusually is actuaries, at 4.8× the national concentration — 1,380 jobs paying a median of $166,800.
What Connecticut is distinctive for
Detailed occupations ranked by location quotient. A location quotient is an occupation’s share of a state’s jobs divided by its share of the nation’s. One means the state looks like the country; two means twice the concentration. It is a measure of distinctiveness, not of quality, size or pay. Bars use a logarithmic scale so the lower ranks stay legible beside the leader.
- 1Actuaries1,380 jobs · median $166,8004.8×
- 2Special Education Teachers, All Other1,400 jobs · median $61,4803.8×
- 3Pediatricians, General1,310 jobs · median $216,8303.1×
- 4Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary7,370 jobs · median —3.0×
- 5Tool and Die Makers1,880 jobs · median $77,5403.0×
- 6Manicurists and Pedicurists4,490 jobs · median $34,7202.7×
- 7Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary4,700 jobs · median —2.6×
- 8Rehabilitation Counselors2,410 jobs · median $56,3402.3×
- 9Financial Managers20,040 jobs · median $174,8302.2×
- 10Childcare Workers12,020 jobs · median $36,6602.1×
- 11Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, & Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic1,530 jobs · median $48,5902.1×
- 12Social and Human Service Assistants9,930 jobs · median $44,7302.1×
What Connecticut is made of
All twenty-two occupational groups by headcount, with the concentration figure beside each. Most states look broadly alike in this view — that is the finding, not a flaw in it.
| Occupation group | Share of state employment | Jobs | vs national | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office and Administrative Support Occupations | 193,920 | 1.00× | $53,600 | |
| Management Occupations | 148,640 | 1.22× | $145,610 | |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations | 139,020 | 0.93× | $36,610 | |
| Sales and Related Occupations | 134,670 | 0.92× | $39,570 | |
| Transportation and Material Moving Occupations | 129,170 | 0.87× | $44,340 | |
| Educational Instruction and Library Occupations | 127,080 | 1.28× | $66,480 | |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations | 118,720 | 1.11× | $99,850 | |
| Business and Financial Operations Occupations | 106,450 | 0.93× | $94,500 | |
| Healthcare Support Occupations | 96,120 | 1.12× | $43,320 | |
| Production Occupations | 83,530 | 0.89× | $49,330 | |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations | 54,820 | 0.83× | $64,950 | |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations | 54,410 | 1.10× | $39,620 | |
| Construction and Extraction Occupations | 51,200 | 0.73× | $71,640 | |
| Computer and Mathematical Occupations | 48,210 | 0.84× | $108,610 | |
| Personal Care and Service Occupations | 47,040 | 1.32× | $37,120 | |
| Protective Service Occupations | 38,390 | 0.93× | $61,050 | |
| Community and Social Service Occupations | 37,080 | 1.27× | $60,680 | |
| Architecture and Engineering Occupations | 35,800 | 1.25× | $102,120 | |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations | 22,680 | 1.02× | $68,680 | |
| Legal Occupations | 15,550 | 1.09× | $100,960 | |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations | 12,940 | 0.81× | $98,140 | |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations | 730 | 0.15× | $37,640 |
Elsewhere on Connecticut
Blank cells are estimates BLS did not release, usually because too few employers reported. They are shown as gaps rather than filled. Detailed occupations are included only where at least 1,000 people are employed, below which a quotient is survey noise. A wage marked “$239,200 or more” is censored at source: BLS does not publish medians above that figure, so the number is a floor rather than the wage. A work of the U.S. government: no copyright subsists (17 U.S.C. §105). BLS OEWS ↗