How much do Commercial Pilots make in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT?

Percentile spread

For Commercial Pilots, the published 10th percentile is $91,550 and the 90th percentile is $339,700. The difference is $248,150, which is 106.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $125,340 to the 75th at $330,520, covers $205,180.

The mean annual wage is $226,590, which sits below the median of $232,600. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT median is 88.8% higher than the national median of $123,220 for Commercial Pilots. In 2024 national prices the local median is $217,660, which is 76.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.2% higher than the Connecticut median of $232,160.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 106.864, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $232,600 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Commercial Pilots at $217,660 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Commercial Pilots. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT ranks 3rd of 11 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Waterbury-Shelton, CT is 24 miles away, with a median of $315,450 and employment of 130. That median is 35.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $316,152, against $217,660 here.
• Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY is 40 miles away, with a median of $280,630 and employment of 50. That median is 20.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $256,466, against $217,660 here.
• New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 42 miles away, with a median of $225,900 and employment of 1,210. That median is 2.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $200,688, against $217,660 here.

Employment share

Commercial Pilots accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT (90 of 404,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (47,630 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.73 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.