SOC 29-1141 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Registered Nurses make in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Registered Nurses in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is $101,330. The 10th percentile is $76,830 and the 90th percentile is $125,590. Employment is 2,460.

Median annual wage

$101,330

10th percentile
$76,830
25th percentile
$82,240
Median
$101,330
75th percentile
$104,600
90th percentile
$125,590
Mean
$99,550

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Registered Nurses, the published 10th percentile is $76,830 and the 90th percentile is $125,590. The difference is $48,760, which is 48.1% 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 $82,240 to the 75th at $104,600, covers $22,360.

The mean annual wage is $99,550, which sits below the median of $101,330. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT median is 3.9% higher than the national median of $97,550 for Registered Nurses. In 2024 national prices the local median is $100,881, which is 3.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.4% lower than the Connecticut median of $102,740.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is 100.445, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $101,330 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Registered Nurses at $100,881 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

21 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Registered Nurses. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT ranks 12th of 22 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).).

  • Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 27 miles away, with a median of $101,470 and employment of 13,850. That median is 0.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $98,758, against $100,881 here.
  • New Haven, CT is 40 miles away, with a median of $104,490 and employment of 10,050. That median is 3.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $99,934, against $100,881 here.
  • Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 45 miles away, with a median of $99,880 and employment of 15,180. That median is 1.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $98,140, against $100,881 here.

Employment share

Registered Nurses accounts for 1.9% of wage-and-salary employment in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT (2,460 of 126,450). Nationally the occupation is 2.2% of employment (3,379,720 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.90 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Registered Nurses make in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Registered Nurses in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is $101,330. The 10th percentile is $76,830 and the 90th percentile is $125,590. Employment is 2,460.

How does that compare with the national median for Registered Nurses?

The local median is 3.9% higher than the national median of $97,550.

What is Registered Nurses pay in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is 100.445, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $101,330 is $100,881. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT compare with nearby metros for Registered Nurses?

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 27 miles away, at $101,470. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT ranks 12th of 22 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.