How much do Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners make in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT?

Percentile spread

For Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners, the published 10th percentile is $34,080 and the 90th percentile is $69,760. The difference is $35,680, which is 69.0% 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 $37,830 to the 75th at $68,920, covers $31,090.

The mean annual wage is $52,620, which sits above the median of $51,690. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT median is 3.3% higher than the national median of $50,060 for Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners. In 2024 national prices the local median is $50,309, which is 0.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 30.2% higher than the Connecticut median of $39,710.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 102.746, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $51,690 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners at $50,309 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ranks 1st of 3 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 York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 93 miles away, with a median of $48,580 and employment of 110. That median is 6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,158, against $50,309 here.
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 190 miles away, with a median of $44,050 and employment of 70. That median is 14.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,953, against $50,309 here.

Employment share

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT (50 of 599,770). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (5,600 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.31 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.