How much do New Accounts Clerks make in Waterbury-Shelton, CT?

Percentile spread

For New Accounts Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $47,890 and the 90th percentile is $62,390. The difference is $14,500, which is 25.4% 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 $52,170 to the 75th at $59,100, covers $6,930.

The mean annual wage is $55,730, which sits below the median of $57,050. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Waterbury-Shelton, CT median is 19.7% higher than the national median of $47,670 for New Accounts Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $57,177, which is 19.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.1% lower than the Connecticut median of $57,080.

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 $57,050 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts New Accounts Clerks at $57,177 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for New Accounts Clerks. Waterbury-Shelton, CT ranks 3rd of 16 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 $56,820 and employment of 90. That median is 0.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,343, against $57,177 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 30 miles away, with a median of $57,840. That median is 1.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,294, against $57,177 here.
• Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY is 49 miles away, with a median of $48,940 and employment of 170. That median is 14.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,726, against $57,177 here.