Fairfield County · Connecticut
Bridgeport, CT jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Bridgeport, CT earn a median of $35,680 a year, 20% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 8.9% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 24.3% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $35,680#82 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 8.9%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 66.4%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 72,741Civilian employed, age 16+
What Bridgeport does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance24.3%
- Retail trade13.9%
- Professional, scientific & management11.4%
- Construction9.1%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food9%
- Manufacturing8.4%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities6.5%
- Other services, except public administration6.2%
- Finance, insurance & real estate5.8%
- Public administration2%
- Wholesale trade1.9%
- Information1.4%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.1%
Related data for Bridgeport
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.