Registered Nurses
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metropolitan area. Estimated employment 8,370.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of registered nurses in Bridgeport earn more.
$105,660 in Bridgeport buys what $98,900 buys across the country as a whole.
Bridgeport's regional price parity is 106.9 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Connecticut
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Bridgeport |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport This page | $105,660 | $98,900 | 106.9 | — |
| New Haven | $104,490 | $99,900 | 104.6 | +1.1% |
| Waterbury | $101,690 | $101,900 | 99.8 | +3.1% |
| Hartford | $101,470 | $98,800 | 102.7 | −0.1% |
| Norwich | $101,330 | $100,900 | 100.4 | +2.0% |
Price parity and difference against Bridgeport are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 8,370 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses. Mapped to our taxonomy as registered-nurses.
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