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A Look at Connecticut's Entry-Level Occupations - A Guide To Help With Your Work Search
  A Look at Connecticut's Entry-Level Occupations - A Guide To Help With Your Work Search Last Updated: October 13, 2016
The Connecticut Department of Labor’s Office of Research has prepared A Look at Connecticut's Entry-Level Occupations for people who want or need to find work immediately, but don’t know where to start.

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Special points of interest: To give jobseekers an idea of the wage they can expect, a range of statewide hourly wages is provided. The wage range encompasses 80 percent of the workers in the occupation, and excludes the 10 percent of workers who earned less than the low end of the range and the 10 percent that earned more than the high end of the range. This is not a guarantee that you would automatically make this amount, merely a guideline as to what you may reasonably expect to be paid.

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