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Curators pay in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT and New Haven, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Curators is $67,300 per year in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. It is $102,110 per year in New Haven, CT. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 34.1% below New Haven, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-4012 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 30 wage and salary jobs in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT and 70 in New Haven, CT. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings