Connecticut workers earned the fifth-highest average salary in the country in 2025, well above the national average, according to the Connecticut Business and Industry Association
The state also led the nation in per-capita personal income and had one of the lowest rates of workers voluntarily leaving their jobs
Connecticut reached a record high for private sector jobs in August, with job growth doubling the national rate
New statistics showed Connecticut workers were among the top five earners in the country last year, with average private sector salaries rising 4%.
Connecticut workers’ average income of $92,528 in 2025 ranked fifth in the nation, behind only Massachusetts, Washington, New York and California, and was well above the national average of $79,094, according to the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA), citing U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Connecticut’s 4% increase in average salaries last year was just below the national average of 4.3%.
The CBIA said Connecticut also had the highest per-capita personal income in the country, at $101,065, about $23,000 higher than the national average.
Those earnings reflect that Connecticut workers are “among the most highly skilled and productive in the world,” said CBIA president and CEO Chris DiPentima. Despite inflation, a labor shortage and changing expectations in the workforce, Connecticut employers and employees continue to find success, DiPentima added.
Annual salaries in Connecticut rose about 40% over the last decade, according to the CBIA.
The state’s voluntary quits rate was the second-lowest in the country in 2025, according to the CBIA.
There are still challenges in the workforce, primarily about 86,000 open jobs that remain a threat to job and economic growth and a decline in job seekers, but the state’s economy is still chugging along.
In August, Connecticut achieved a record-high for private sector job numbers, with 1,495,700 total jobs, according to the Connecticut Department of Labor. The state’s job growth rate of 0.8% doubled the national rate of 0.4%, while construction employment is at an 18-year high.
By Joe O’Leary
