Best jobs in Connecticut
The 25 best-scoring occupations in Connecticut, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Connecticut (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Connecticut pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$478,680 vs $289,140 · +65.6%
$481,820 vs $391,490 · +23.1%
$38,990 vs $35,800 · +8.9%
$55,590 vs $53,140 · +4.6%
$488,940 vs $496,010 · -1.4%
$138,470 vs $132,300 · +4.7%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 674 scored occupations — show all 674show top 25
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
105
$57,210
-1.6%
30
127
$76,940
+3.1%
27
206
$75,570
+0.3%
22
234
$65,440
+3.7%
21
241
$98,000
+1.9%
21
284
$53,980
+6.3%
19
340
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$45,080
+4.6%
17
412
$62,740
+2.3%
15
497
$79,300
-14.4%
12
519
$72,180
-13.7%
12
557
$50,230
+1.2%
10
565
$46,090
+2.0%
10
596
$46,280
-12.1%
9
598
$48,590
-12.0%
9
608
$46,240
-3.8%
8
610
$49,380
-13.6%
8
613
$50,370
-4.3%
8
653
$44,020
-9.0%
7
661
$41,080
-19.6%
6
Live jobs in Connecticut
Naval Medical CommandVerified from company ATS
RESEARCH INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST / CHEMIST / TOXICOLOGIST
$100,992–$156,124/yr View job →
Commander, Navy Installations CommandVerified from company ATS
SECURITY GUARD
$45,409–$69,565/yr View job →
Veterans Health AdministrationVerified from company ATS
Practical Nurse
$45,164–$79,676/yr View job →
Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.