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Waterbury Labor Market Area (1Q 2015)
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Estimated employment30
Mean wage21.61
Entry wage15.58
10th percentile wage14.73
50th percentile wage21.96
90th percentile wage29.04
 Top Employing Industries
 IndustryEmployment % 
Trade, Transportation & Utilities1050.9%
Education & Health Services1048.3%
 Best Paying Industries
 IndustryEmploymentMedian
Wage
Trade, Transportation & Utilities1024.02
Education & Health Services1019.78
Opticians, Dispensing (29-2081)
Design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for client according to written optical prescription or specification. Assist client with selecting frames. Measure customer for size of eyeglasses and coordinate frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription. Prepare work order for optical laboratory containing instructions for grinding and mounting lenses in frames. Verify exactness of finished lens spectacles. Adjust frame and lens position to fit client. May shape or reshape frames. Include contact lens opticians.
Mean Wage History
YearThis OccupationCompared to
Occupational Group		Difference
Current$21.61 $36.90  -$15.29
2014$21.50+.5%$36.72 +.5%-$15.21
2013$21.10+1.9%$36.03 +1.9%-$14.93
2012$20.70+1.9%$35.35 +1.9%-$14.64
2011$20.30+2.0%$34.66 +2.0%-$14.36
2010$19.98+1.6%$34.12 +1.6%-$14.13
2009$19.63+1.8%$33.52 +1.8%-$13.88
2008$19.42+1.1%$33.16 +1.1%-$13.74
2007$18.84+3.1%$32.18 +3.1%-$13.33
2006$18.21+3.5%$31.10 +3.5%-$12.88
YearThis OccupationCompared to
All Occupations		Difference
Current$21.61 $22.62  -$1.01
2014$21.50+.5%$22.44 +.8%-$0.93
2013$21.10+1.9%$21.96 +2.2%-$0.85
2012$20.70+1.9%$21.51 +2.1%-$0.81
2011$20.30+2.0%$21.14 +1.7%-$0.84
2010$19.98+1.6%$20.81 +1.6%-$0.83
2009$19.63+1.8%$20.46 +1.7%-$0.83
2008$19.42+1.1%$20.18 +1.4%-$0.76
2007$18.84+3.1%$19.67 +2.6%-$0.82
2006$18.21+3.5%$19.04 +3.3%-$0.82

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 2015

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Danbury 23.60 20
Bridgeport-Stamford 22.72 350
Hartford 21.68 270
Waterbury 21.61 30
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