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Estimated employment70
Mean wage$25.43
Entry wage$17.47
10th percentile wage$14.54
50th percentile wage$26.37
90th percentile wage$35.55
Top Employing Industries
 IndustryEmployment / Percent
Manufacturing6081.0%
Top Paying Industries
 IndustryEmployment / Median Wage
Manufacturing60$27.08
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$26.37 $23.59 $2.78
2017$26.31+.2%$23.54+.2%$2.77
2016$25.52+3.1%$22.83+3.1%$2.69
2015$25.02+2.0%$22.38+2.0%$2.64
2014$24.54+2.0%$21.95+2.0%$2.59
2013$24.03+2.1%$21.50+2.1%$2.53
2012$23.53+2.1%$21.05+2.1%$2.48
2011$23.18+1.5%$20.74+1.5%$2.44
2010$22.68+2.2%$20.29+2.2%$2.39
2009$22.42+1.2%$20.06+1.2%$2.36
YearThis
Occupation
Compared to
All Occupations
Difference
Current$26.37 $19.06 $7.31
2017$26.31+.2%$18.86+1.1%$7.45
2016$25.52+3.1%$18.35+2.8%$7.17
2015$25.02+2.0%$17.93+2.3%$7.09
2014$24.54+2.0%$17.56+2.1%$6.98
2013$24.03+2.1%$17.18+2.2%$6.85
2012$23.53+2.1%$16.84+2.1%$6.69
2011$23.18+1.5%$16.55+1.7%$6.64
2010$22.68+2.2%$16.29+1.6%$6.39
2009$22.42+1.2%$16.01+1.7%$6.41
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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