Highest Paying Jobs In Hartford, CT For 2024

The highest-paying jobs in Hartford include a range of industries, including healthcare, technology, and finance. If you’re looking for a high-paying career in the Hartford area, this list will help you narrow down your search to the best-paid professions available.

We cover the 28 highest-paying jobs in Hartford in 2024 using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Most of the high-paying positions in Hartford require extensive experience, but there are also some well-paid entry-level roles for job seekers with the right educational background.

Overall, the highest-paying job in Hartford is Thoracic Surgeon, with an average annual salary of $357,390 and an entry-level salary of $191,000.

Whether you’re considering a career change, thinking about moving to Hartford, or a recent graduate planning for your future, this guide to the highest-paying jobs and best-paid industries in Hartford can help you figure out your next move.

Here’s a quick look at the top 10 highest-paying jobs in Hartford, Connecticut:

Detailed list of highest paying jobs in Hartford

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary
1	Thoracic Surgeon	$357,390	$191,000
2	Anesthesiologist	$357,312	$170,000
3	Radiologist	$315,445	$154,000
4	Vascular Surgeon	$272,147	$149,000
5	Operator And Truck Driver	$251,743	$129,000
6	Clinic Physician Director	$244,236	$141,000
7	Physician	$231,548	$130,000
8	Staff Psychiatrist	$230,916	$161,000
9	Neurologist	$230,808	$132,000
10	Physician-Pediatrician	$230,334	$147,000
11	Child Psychiatrist	$227,687	$147,000
12	Cardiologist	$226,531	$119,000
13	Hospitalist Physician	$224,973	$160,000
14	Psychiatrist	$224,564	$146,000
15	Hospitalist	$221,451	$154,000
16	General Internist	$221,202	$140,000
17	Medical Director	$220,234	$146,000
18	Associate Medical Director	$217,953	$135,000
19	Obstetrician/Gynecologist	$210,811	$129,000
20	Senior Vice President	$209,787	$135,000
21	Family Medicine Physician	$206,474	$138,000
22	Anesthesiologist/Physician	$202,906	$108,000
23	Internal Medicine Physician	$201,460	$134,000
24	Primary Care Physician	$200,325	$130,000
25	Chief Executive Officer	$199,045	$110,000
26	Staff Physician	$198,654	$131,000
27	Ob/Gyn Physician	$196,744	$102,000
28	Executive Vice President Marketing	$196,486	$112,000

How we determined the highest paid jobs in Hartford for 2024

To figure out the highest-paying jobs in Hartford, we looked at the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Foreign Labor Certification Data Center (FLC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and others.

Zippia’s data science team then supplements that data by continuously scanning through millions of job postings each day to find published salaries. We match these published salaries to the companies, locations, and job titles in other datasets.

Finally, we calculate a weighted average of these inputs to produce an estimated salary for the particular job title in Hartford.

In total, the team looked at the salary data set for all over 1,000 job titles in Hartford to identify the jobs that get paid the most.

Editor’s Note: Article updated for 2024. This is our eighth time ranking the highest paying jobs in Hartford.

Author

Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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