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Bridgeport-Stamford LMA (1Q 2017)
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Estimated employment80
Mean wage$24.17
Entry wage$20.63
10th percentile wage$19.39
50th percentile wage$23.85
90th percentile wage$30.35
Top Employing Industries
 IndustryEmployment / Percent
Education and Health Services90108.0%
Top Paying Industries
 IndustryEmployment / Median Wage
Education and Health Services9023.69
Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary (25-1194)
Teach or instruct vocational or occupational subjects at the postsecondary level (but at less than the baccalaureate) to students who have graduated or left high school. Include correspondence school instructors; industrial, commercial and government training instructors; and adult education teachers and instructors who prepare persons to operate industrial machinery and equipment and transportation and communications equipment. Teaching may take place in public or private schools whose primary business is education or in a school associated with an organization whose primary business is other than education.
Median Wage History
YearThis
Occupation		Compared to
Occupational Group		Difference
Current$23.85 $29.66  -$5.81
2016$23.29+2.4%$28.97 +2.4%-$5.67
2015$22.85+2.0%$28.41 +2.0%-$5.56
2014$22.42+1.9%$27.88 +1.9%-$5.46
2013$21.99+1.9%$27.35 +1.9%-$5.35
2012$21.56+2.0%$26.81 +2.0%-$5.25
2011$21.23+1.6%$26.40 +1.6%-$5.17
2010$20.85+1.8%$25.94 +1.8%-$5.08
2009$20.63+1.1%$25.66 +1.1%-$5.02
2008$20.02+3.1%$24.89 +3.1%-$4.87
YearThis
Occupation		Compared to
All Occupations		Difference
Current$23.85 $23.51  $0.34
2016$23.29+2.4%$22.76 +3.3%$0.53
2015$22.85+2.0%$22.28 +2.1%$0.56
2014$22.42+1.9%$21.81 +2.2%$0.61
2013$21.99+1.9%$21.37 +2.1%$0.62
2012$21.56+2.0%$21.00 +1.7%$0.56
2011$21.23+1.6%$20.67 +1.6%$0.56
2010$20.85+1.8%$20.32 +1.7%$0.53
2009$20.63+1.1%$20.05 +1.4%$0.58
2008$20.02+3.1%$19.53 +2.6%$0.48
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 2017
Top Areas For This Occupation
Best Pay
Median Wage / Employment
Bridgeport-Stamford$23.8580
New Haven$22.71 
Danbury$22.6810
Hartford$20.49350
Highest Employment
Median Wage / Employment
Hartford$20.49350
Bridgeport-Stamford$23.8580
Danbury$22.6810
New Haven$22.71 
Wages in other areas
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