How much do First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers make in Waterbury-Shelton, CT?

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers, the published 10th percentile is $63,170 and the 90th percentile is $122,330. The difference is $59,160, which is 63.4% 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 $77,710 to the 75th at $104,490, covers $26,780.

The mean annual wage is $93,030, which sits below the median of $93,350. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Waterbury-Shelton, CT median is 16.8% higher than the national median of $79,920 for First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $93,558, which is 17.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.2% higher than the Connecticut median of $92,260.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Waterbury-Shelton, CT is 99.778, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $93,350 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers at $93,558 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

31 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers. Waterbury-Shelton, CT ranks 10th of 32 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).).

• New Haven, CT is 20 miles away, with a median of $95,010 and employment of 1,260. That median is 1.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $90,867, against $93,558 here.
• Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 24 miles away, with a median of $92,260 and employment of 1,400. That median is 1.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $86,334, against $93,558 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 30 miles away, with a median of $90,510 and employment of 2,520. That median is 3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $88,091, against $93,558 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers accounts for 0.46% of wage-and-salary employment in Waterbury-Shelton, CT (740 of 160,710). Nationally the occupation is 0.52% of employment (812,210 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.88 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.