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Bridgeport-Stamford LMA (1Q 2017)
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Estimated employment630
Mean wage$26.78
Entry wage$19.04
10th percentile wage$17.13
50th percentile wage$25.98
90th percentile wage$37.90
Top Employing Industries
 IndustryEmployment / Percent
Manufacturing37058.1%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities19029.9%
Other Services
Top Paying Industries
 IndustryEmployment / Median Wage
Trade, Transportation and Utilities19026.00
Manufacturing37025.60
Other Services25.36
Industrial Machinery Mechanics (49-9041)
Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems. Exclude "Millwrights" (49-9044), "Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines" (49-3042), and "Maintenance Workers, Machinery" (49-9043) who perform only routine tasks.
Median Wage History
YearThis
Occupation
Compared to
Occupational Group
Difference
Current$25.98 $24.72  $1.26
2016$25.35+2.5%$24.12 +2.5%$1.23
2015$24.86+2.0%$23.65 +2.0%$1.21
2014$24.35+2.1%$23.17 +2.1%$1.18
2013$23.84+2.1%$22.68 +2.1%$1.16
2012$23.49+1.5%$22.35 +1.5%$1.14
2011$22.98+2.2%$21.86 +2.2%$1.11
2010$22.71+1.2%$21.61 +1.2%$1.10
2009$22.32+1.7%$21.24 +1.7%$1.08
2008$21.67+3.0%$20.62 +3.0%$1.05
YearThis
Occupation
Compared to
All Occupations
Difference
Current$25.98 $23.51  $2.47
2016$25.35+2.5%$22.76 +3.3%$2.59
2015$24.86+2.0%$22.28 +2.1%$2.57
2014$24.35+2.1%$21.81 +2.2%$2.54
2013$23.84+2.1%$21.37 +2.1%$2.47
2012$23.49+1.5%$21.00 +1.7%$2.49
2011$22.98+2.2%$20.67 +1.6%$2.31
2010$22.71+1.2%$20.32 +1.7%$2.39
2009$22.32+1.7%$20.05 +1.4%$2.28
2008$21.67+3.0%$19.53 +2.6%$2.14
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
Norwich-New London$39.10270
Hartford$26.60730
Bridgeport-Stamford$25.98630
New Haven$24.14300
Waterbury $23.66100
Highest Employment
Median Wage / Employment
Hartford$26.60730
Bridgeport-Stamford$25.98630
New Haven$24.14300
Norwich-New London$39.10270
Waterbury $23.66100
Wages in other areas
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