According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Career Outlook, 21.7% of Connecticut’s jobs typically require a bachelor’s degree. And only three other states, plus the District of Columbia, have larger concentrations of jobs for college degree holders: D.C. (32.2%), Massachusetts (22.7%), Virginia (22.3%), and Maryland (22%). According to BLS, Connecticut has a particularly high concentration of actuaries, aerospace engineers, and marketing managers.
Nationwide, 18% of jobs require a bachelor’s degree and the employees in those positions earn a $68,190 median annual wage. The median annual wage for bachelor’s degree positions in Connecticut is $78,880.
Connecticut’s 2.9% of jobs that require doctoral or professional degrees (e.g., law or medical degrees) were also in the top 10 nationally, behind D.C. (8%), New York (3.5%), Massachusetts (3.5%), Vermont (3.2%), Rhode Island (3.2%), Maryland (3.1%), and Delaware (3%).
