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Bridgeport-Stamford LMA (1Q 2020)
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Estimated employment860
Mean wage$80,174
Entry wage$56,925
10th percentile wage$53,871
50th percentile wage$78,621
90th percentile wage$107,804
Top Employing Industries
 IndustryEmployment
Percent
Education and Health Services860100%
Top Paying Industries
 IndustryEmployment
Median Wage
Education and Health Services86078,617
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (25-2052)
Teach elementary school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired. Substitute teachers are included in "Teachers and Instructors, All Other" (25-3099).
Median Wage History
YearThis
Occupation		Compared to
Occupational Group		Difference
Current$78620.98 $64290.04  $14330.94
2019$76116.04+3.3%$62241.70 +3.3%$13874.34
2018$74123.47+2.7%$60612.33 +2.7%$13511.14
2017$72415.56+2.4%$59215.74 +2.4%$13199.82
2016$71276.95+1.6%$58284.67 +1.6%$12992.28
2015$69910.62+2.0%$57167.39 +2.0%$12743.23
2014$68601.22+1.9%$56096.67 +1.9%$12504.55
2013$67291.82+1.9%$55025.94 +1.9%$12265.87
2012$65982.42+2.0%$53955.22 +2.0%$12027.20
2011$64957.67+1.6%$53117.26 +1.6%$11840.41
YearThis
Occupation		Compared to
All Occupations		Difference
Current$78620.98 $54396.03  $24224.95
2019$76116.04+3.3%$52187.64 +4.2%$23928.40
2018$74123.47+2.7%$50599.16 +3.1%$23524.32
2017$72415.56+2.4%$49243.13 +2.8%$23172.43
2016$71276.95+1.6%$48119.57 +2.3%$23157.38
2015$69910.62+2.0%$47112.23 +2.1%$22798.39
2014$68601.22+1.9%$46104.90 +2.2%$22496.32
2013$67291.82+1.9%$45175.05 +2.1%$22116.77
2012$65982.42+2.0%$44400.18 +1.7%$21582.24
2011$64957.67+1.6%$43702.79 +1.6%$21254.87
Note: The mid-wage is the median wage. The average wage is the mean wage. The entry-level wage is equal to the average of the lower third of reported wages for the occupation. The wage range consists of the 10th and 90th percentiles; 80% of workers earn between this wage range, 10% earn less while 10% earn more.
Reference Date: 1st Quarter 2020
Top Areas For This Occupation
Best Pay
Median Wage / Employment
Hartford $85,649780
Norwich-New London $83,248220
Bridgeport-Stamford $78,621860
Danbury $77,31470
Highest Employment
Median Wage / Employment
Bridgeport-Stamford $78,621860
Hartford $85,649780
New Haven $77,068510
Norwich-New London $83,248220
Wages in other areas
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