2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Registered Nurses

Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT metropolitan area. Estimated employment 2,460.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 29-1141
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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$101,330 · 50th
$76,83010th
$82,24025th
$101,33050th
$104,60075th
$125,59090th

That is the medianhalf of registered nurses in Norwich earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$101,330 in Norwich buys what $100,900 buys across the country as a whole.

Norwich's regional price parity is 100.4 — almost exactly the national average — the nominal figure is close to the real one here, which is not true of most large metros. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Connecticut

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Norwich
Bridgeport$105,660$98,900106.9−2.0%
New Haven$104,490$99,900104.6−0.9%
Waterbury$101,690$101,90099.8+1.0%
Hartford$101,470$98,800102.7−2.1%
Norwich This page$101,330$100,900100.4

Price parity and difference against Norwich are in the full table on wider screens.

Sources

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
2,460 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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