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Driver/Sales Workers pay in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT and Dubuque, IA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Driver/Sales Workers is $36,390 per year in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. It is $53,910 per year in Dubuque, IA. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 32.5% below Dubuque, IA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-3031 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 960 wage and salary jobs in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT and 200 in Dubuque, IA. 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