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Estimated employment780
Mean wage$26.46
Entry wage$17.93
10th percentile wage$16.31
50th percentile wage$26.85
90th percentile wage$37.24
Top Employing Industries
 IndustryEmployment / Percent
Manufacturing46058.9%
Trade, Transportation,, and Utilities15019.1%
Other Services607.6%
Public Administration303.7%
Top Paying Industries
 IndustryEmployment / Median Wage
Public Administration30$31.27
Other Services60$28.21
Manufacturing460$26.98
Trade, Transportation,, and Utilities150$20.02
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$26.85 $24.91 $1.94
2017$26.79+.2%$24.85+.2%$1.94
2016$25.99+3.1%$24.11+3.1%$1.88
2015$25.47+2.0%$23.63+2.0%$1.84
2014$24.98+2.0%$23.18+2.0%$1.81
2013$24.47+2.1%$22.70+2.1%$1.77
2012$23.96+2.1%$22.22+2.1%$1.73
2011$23.61+1.5%$21.90+1.5%$1.71
2010$23.09+2.2%$21.42+2.2%$1.67
2009$22.83+1.2%$21.18+1.2%$1.65
YearThis
Occupation
Compared to
All Occupations
Difference
Current$26.85 $23.62 $3.23
2017$26.79+.2%$23.37+1.1%$3.42
2016$25.99+3.1%$22.74+2.8%$3.24
2015$25.47+2.0%$22.22+2.3%$3.25
2014$24.98+2.0%$21.76+2.1%$3.22
2013$24.47+2.1%$21.29+2.2%$3.18
2012$23.96+2.1%$20.86+2.1%$3.09
2011$23.61+1.5%$20.51+1.7%$3.10
2010$23.09+2.2%$20.18+1.6%$2.91
2009$22.83+1.2%$19.84+1.7%$2.98
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
Norwich-NL$43.26260
Bridgeport-Stam.$28.88410
New Haven$26.91420
Danbury$26.86110
Hartford$26.85780
Highest Employment
Median Wage / Employment
Hartford$26.85780
New Haven$26.91420
Bridgeport-Stam.$28.88410
Norwich-NL$43.26260
Danbury$26.86110
Wages in other areas
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