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State of Connecticut (1Q 2018)
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Estimated employment13,860
Mean wage$17.90
Entry wage$12.42
10th percentile wage$11.39
50th percentile wage$16.42
90th percentile wage$25.97
 Top Employing Industries
 IndustryEmployment
Percent
Administrative and Support Services8,91064.3%
Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries1,68012.1%
Public Administration1,47010.6%
Specialty Trade Contractors5303.8%
 Best Paying Industries
 IndustryEmployment
Median Wage
Educational Services250$23.68
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction$22.28
Hospitals20$22.02
Construction of Buildings$19.81
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers (37-3011)
Landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Workers typically perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, sprinkler installation, and installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units. Exclude "Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse" (45-2092).
Median Wage History
YearThis
Occupation
Compared to
Occupational Group
Difference
Current$16.42 $15.13 $1.29
2017$16.21+1.3%$14.94+1.3%$1.27
2016$15.69+3.3%$14.46+3.3%$1.23
2015$15.16+3.5%$13.97+3.5%$1.19
2014$14.90+1.7%$13.73+1.7%$1.17
2013$14.61+2.0%$13.46+2.0%$1.15
2012$14.42+1.3%$13.29+1.3%$1.13
2011$14.21+1.5%$13.09+1.5%$1.12
2010$14.01+1.4%$12.91+1.4%$1.10
2009$13.86+1.1%$12.78+1.1%$1.09
YearThis
Occupation
Compared to
All Occupations
Difference
Current$16.42 $22.55 -$6.13
2017$16.21+1.3%$22.31+1.1%-$6.10
2016$15.69+3.3%$21.71+2.8%-$6.02
2015$15.16+3.5%$21.22+2.3%-$6.05
2014$14.90+1.7%$20.77+2.1%-$5.87
2013$14.61+2.0%$20.33+2.2%-$5.72
2012$14.42+1.3%$19.92+2.1%-$5.49
2011$14.21+1.5%$19.58+1.7%-$5.36
2010$14.01+1.4%$19.27+1.6%-$5.25
2009$13.86+1.1%$18.95+1.7%-$5.08

Reference Date: 1st Quarter 2018

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.
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