| State of Connecticut (1Q 2016) |
| All Industry |
| Estimated employment | 700 |
| Mean wage | $12.21 |
| Entry wage | $9.41 |
| 10th percentile wage | $9.35 |
| 50th percentile wage | $10.67 |
| 90th percentile wage | $17.21 |
 | | Top Employing Industries |
| Industry | Employment
Percent |
| Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers | 270 | 38.5% |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods | 60 | 8.1% |
| Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing | | |
| Food and Beverage Stores | | |
| Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions | | |
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| Best Paying Industries |
| Industry | Employment
Median Wage |
| Food and Beverage Stores | | 13.17 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods | 60 | 12.42 |
| Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions | | 11.33 |
| Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers | 270 | 11.26 |
| Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing | | 11.22 |
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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). |
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| Mean Wage History |
| Year | This
Occupation | Compared to
Occupational Group | Difference |
| Current | $10.67 | | $12.72 |
| -$2.05 | | 2015 | $10.42 | +2.4% | $12.42 |
+2.4% | -$2.00 | | 2014 | $10.20 | +2.2% | $12.16 |
+2.2% | -$1.95 | | 2013 | $10.04 | +1.5% | $11.97 |
+1.5% | -$1.92 | | 2012 | $9.96 | +.9% | $11.87 |
+.9% | -$1.91 | | 2011 | $9.81 | +1.5% | $11.69 |
+1.5% | -$1.88 | | 2010 | $9.70 | +1.2% | $11.56 |
+1.2% | -$1.86 | | 2009 | $9.59 | +1.1% | $11.44 |
+1.1% | -$1.84 | | 2008 | $9.28 | +3.4% | $11.06 |
+3.4% | -$1.78 | | 2007 | $8.92 | +4.0% | $10.64 |
+4.0% | -$1.71 |
| Year | This
Occupation | Compared to
All Occupations | Difference |
| Current | $10.67 | | $21.45 |
| -$10.78 | | 2015 | $10.42 | +2.4% | $20.85 |
+2.9% | -$10.42 | | 2014 | $10.20 | +2.2% | $20.40 |
+2.2% | -$10.20 | | 2013 | $10.04 | +1.5% | $19.99 |
+2.1% | -$9.95 | | 2012 | $9.96 | +.9% | $19.65 |
+1.7% | -$9.69 | | 2011 | $9.81 | +1.5% | $19.34 |
+1.6% | -$9.53 | | 2010 | $9.70 | +1.2% | $19.02 |
+1.7% | -$9.31 | | 2009 | $9.59 | +1.1% | $18.76 |
+1.4% | -$9.16 | | 2008 | $9.28 | +3.4% | $18.28 |
+2.6% | -$9.00 | | 2007 | $8.92 | +4.0% | $17.69 |
+3.3% | -$8.77 |
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Reference Date: 1st Quarter 2016 |
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State of Connecticut Department of Labor - Office of Research
200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield, CT 06109 / Phone: 860-263-6285
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