More than you wanted to know about CT healthcare wages and employment
It’s time to check in again on healthcare wages and employment in Connecticut. The analysis focused on selected highly trained and well-paid categories as of May 2024. The data is from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics database.
The highlights:
- Registered nurses are by far the largest employment category at 39,020/year; more than all the other categories combined
- Connecticut had almost as many Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioners plus Physician Assistants (8,050) as Physicians (8,580)
- Physicians make the highest wages, comprising all of the top 10 categories
- All but one category of the selected healthcare workers makes over $100,000/year (dental hygienists averaged $96,090/year)
Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics Query System, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, accessed 4/17/2025
Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics Query System, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, accessed 4/17/2025