| State of Connecticut (1Q 2015) |
| All Industry |
| Estimated employment | 710 |
| Mean wage | 12.03 |
| Entry wage | 9.20 |
| 10th percentile wage | 9.02 |
| 50th percentile wage | 11.04 |
| 90th percentile wage | 16.14 |
 | | Top Employing Industries |
| Industry | Employment | % |
| Trade, Transportation & Utilities | 340 | 47.8% |
| Education & Health Services | 260 | 37.3% |
| Manufacturing | 80 | 11.9% |
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| Best Paying Industries |
| Industry | Employment | Median
Wage |
| Trade, Transportation & Utilities | 340 | 12.95 |
| Manufacturing | 80 | 12.64 |
| Education & Health Services | 260 | 10.67 |
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| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092) |
| Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; cleaning, grading, sorting, packing and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities. Exclude "Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products" (45-2041). Exclude "Forest, Conservation, and Logging Workers" (45-4011 through 45-4029). |
| Mean Wage History |
| Year | This Occupation | Compared to
Occupational Group | Difference |
| Current | $12.03 | | $14.36 |
| -$2.33 | | 2014 | $12.02 | +.1% | $14.35 |
+.1% | -$2.32 | | 2013 | $11.76 | +2.2% | $14.04 |
+2.2% | -$2.27 | | 2012 | $11.58 | +1.5% | $13.83 |
+1.5% | -$2.24 | | 2011 | $11.48 | +.9% | $13.71 |
+.9% | -$2.22 | | 2010 | $11.32 | +1.5% | $13.51 |
+1.5% | -$2.19 | | 2009 | $11.19 | +1.2% | $13.35 |
+1.2% | -$2.16 | | 2008 | $11.07 | +1.1% | $13.21 |
+1.1% | -$2.14 | | 2007 | $10.70 | +3.4% | $12.77 |
+3.4% | -$2.07 | | 2006 | $10.29 | +4.0% | $12.29 |
+4.0% | -$1.99 |
| Year | This Occupation | Compared to
All Occupations | Difference |
| Current | $12.03 | | $26.98 |
| -$14.95 | | 2014 | $12.02 | +.1% | $26.76 |
+.8% | -$14.73 | | 2013 | $11.76 | +2.2% | $26.19 |
+2.2% | -$14.42 | | 2012 | $11.58 | +1.5% | $25.66 |
+2.1% | -$14.07 | | 2011 | $11.48 | +.9% | $25.22 |
+1.7% | -$13.73 | | 2010 | $11.32 | +1.5% | $24.82 |
+1.6% | -$13.50 | | 2009 | $11.19 | +1.2% | $24.41 |
+1.7% | -$13.21 | | 2008 | $11.07 | +1.1% | $24.08 |
+1.4% | -$13.00 | | 2007 | $10.70 | +3.4% | $23.46 |
+2.6% | -$12.75 | | 2006 | $10.29 | +4.0% | $22.71 |
+3.3% | -$12.41 |
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Reference Date: 1st Quarter 2015 |
State of Connecticut Department of Labor Office of Research
200 Folly Brook Boulevard Wethersfield, CT 06109
Phone: 860-263-6285 |
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