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Bridgeport-Stamford LMA (1Q 2018)
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Estimated employment4,920
Mean wage$18.58
Entry wage$13.03
10th percentile wage$11.95
50th percentile wage$16.76
90th percentile wage$24.10
Top Employing Industries
 IndustryEmployment / Percent
Professional and Business Services3,30067.2%
Leisure and Hospitality49010.0%
Public Administration4308.7%
Construction4308.7%
Top Paying Industries
 IndustryEmployment / Median Wage
Education and Health Services60$19.54
Other Services190$18.11
Construction430$17.27
Professional and Business Services3,300$16.70
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$16.76 $15.27 $1.49
2017$16.55+1.3%$15.07+1.3%$1.47
2016$16.02+3.3%$14.59+3.3%$1.42
2015$15.47+3.5%$14.10+3.5%$1.38
2014$15.21+1.7%$13.86+1.7%$1.35
2013$14.91+2.0%$13.58+2.0%$1.33
2012$14.72+1.3%$13.41+1.3%$1.31
2011$14.50+1.5%$13.21+1.5%$1.29
2010$14.30+1.4%$13.03+1.4%$1.27
2009$14.15+1.1%$12.89+1.1%$1.26
YearThis
Occupation		Compared to
All Occupations		Difference
Current$16.76 $24.40 -$7.64
2017$16.55+1.3%$24.14+1.1%-$7.59
2016$16.02+3.3%$23.49+2.8%-$7.47
2015$15.47+3.5%$22.96+2.3%-$7.48
2014$15.21+1.7%$22.48+2.1%-$7.26
2013$14.91+2.0%$22.00+2.2%-$7.08
2012$14.72+1.3%$21.55+2.1%-$6.83
2011$14.50+1.5%$21.18+1.7%-$6.67
2010$14.30+1.4%$20.85+1.6%-$6.54
2009$14.15+1.1%$20.50+1.7%-$6.34
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 2018
Top Areas For This Occupation
Best Pay
Median Wage / Employment
Danbury$18.67780
New Haven$17.422,050
Bridgeport-Stam.$16.764,920
Norwich-NL$15.07820
Hartford$14.903,910
Highest Employment
Median Wage / Employment
Bridgeport-Stam.$16.764,920
Hartford$14.903,910
New Haven$17.422,050
Norwich-NL$15.07820
Danbury$18.67780
Wages in other areas
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