Survey Researchers · SOC 19-3022

Survey Researchers Salary in the Hartford Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area

Figures describe the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Hartford city limits.

Median annual wage$78,560
Median hourly wage$37.77

Survey Researchers in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area earned a median of $78,560 per year ($37.77 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $35,860 at the 10th percentile to $126,170 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Survey Researchers in the Hartford metro area earn more than $78,560 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $56,800 and $114,620.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$35,860$56,800$78,560$114,620$126,170
Hourly$17.24$27.31$37.77$55.11$60.66

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Hartford metro areathis metro area
    $78,560 median for Hartford metro area; middle half earns $56,800 to $114,620
  • Connecticutstate (CT)
    $88,320 median for Connecticut; middle half earns $67,420 to $124,070
  • $69,460 median for United States; middle half earns $51,270 to $99,760

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −11% vs Connecticut overall and +13% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$37,500$61,847$86,193$110,540Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $37,500Portland-South Portland, ME — $45,350Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $48,810St. Louis, MO-IL — $49,940Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $54,080Oklahoma City, OK — $57,200Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $58,300Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $59,210Albuquerque, NM — $60,820Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $64,460Eugene-Springfield, OR — $64,660Omaha, NE-IA — $67,780Kansas City, MO-KS — $69,100Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $69,590San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $69,620Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $70,400Richmond, VA — $72,610Charlottesville, VA — $74,010Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $74,890Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $77,500Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $78,560Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $83,190Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $83,520Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $86,890Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $87,570New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $87,620Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $92,160Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $97,780New Haven, CT — $98,570Ann Arbor, MI — $103,140San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $109,350San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $110,540

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Hartford metro area has the 12th-highest published median for this occupation among the 32 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Connecticut

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for survey researchers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Hartford metro areathis page
    $78,560 median for Hartford metro area; middle half earns $56,800 to $114,620
  • $98,570 median for New Haven metro area; middle half earns $76,700 to $127,970

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.