The highest paying job in Connecticut is Nurse Anesthetists, with a median salary of $227,930 per year. Below is the complete ranking of the top 25 careers in CT based on 2024 Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024
Ranked by median annual salary. Click any job to see the full salary breakdown including percentile data and state-by-state comparisons.
| Rank | Occupation | Median Salary | Mean Salary | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nurse Anesthetists | $227,930 | $223,660 | 570 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $227,720 | $229,670 | 4,740 |
| 3 | Commercial Pilots | $227,140 | $245,200 | 360 |
| 4 | Dentists, All Other Specialists | $223,620 | $290,670 | 40 |
| 5 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $218,770 | $255,190 | N/A |
| 6 | Pediatricians, General | $215,730 | $219,440 | 1,300 |
| 7 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $214,190 | $211,990 | 620 |
| 8 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $211,420 | $196,380 | 200 |
| 9 | Podiatrists | $208,310 | $200,740 | 130 |
| 10 | Family Medicine Physicians | $198,160 | $213,400 | 900 |
| 11 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $195,860 | $248,760 | 240 |
| 12 | Dentists, General | $193,230 | $214,070 | 1,840 |
| 13 | Airline Pilot | $189,630 | $250,950 | N/A |
| 14 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $188,540 | $170,230 | 480 |
| 15 | Natural Sciences Managers | $179,170 | $192,360 | 840 |
| 16 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $171,770 | $175,390 | 5,010 |
| 17 | Physicists | $171,630 | $193,520 | 70 |
| 18 | Financial Manager | $169,730 | $195,700 | 20,200 |
| 19 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $164,460 | $169,940 | 10,750 |
| 20 | Lawyer | $159,240 | $188,990 | 7,500 |
| 21 | Marketing Manager | $158,410 | $171,640 | 7,440 |
| 22 | Medical Dosimetrists | $153,650 | $153,040 | 30 |
| 23 | Public Relations Managers | $152,450 | $168,220 | 790 |
| 24 | Managers, All Other | $149,690 | $160,560 | 7,470 |
| 25 | Human Resources Manager | $149,310 | $165,510 | 3,360 |
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The top-paying careers in Connecticut are concentrated in Healthcare Practitioners fields. The #1 job, Nurse Anesthetists, pays $149,653 more than the state average of $78,276 per year.
Among the top 25, the minimum median salary is $149,310, meaning all jobs on this list pay significantly above the national average.
See how Connecticut's top salaries compare to other states.
Rankings are based on median annual salary from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2024 estimates. We use median rather than mean salary because it better represents typical earnings and is less affected by outliers.
Only occupations with state-level data published by BLS are included. Some specialized or rare occupations may not have data for every state. For full methodology details, see our Methodology page.