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Direct support professional salary in Connecticut

Open direct support professional jobs in Connecticut post a median of , the middle half (about $42,400 a year full time), $0.89 above the national posted median. From at that state their pay.

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What direct support professionals are paid in Connecticut

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $20.39 an hour. Middle half $20.39 to $20.39. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 127 open jobs in Connecticut. Lowest posted $14, highest $23.

Posted on open jobs in Connecticut

$20.39/hr

Middle half of 127 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $20.39. 88% of the 145 open direct support professional jobs in Connecticut state an hourly rate.

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Direct support professional pay by town in Connecticut

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Watertown$20.39$14–$20.7514 (2)
Waterbury$19.90$18.50–$20.519 (3)
Middlebury$19.28$14–$20.759 (3)
Plymouth$19.28$18.50–$20.518 (2)
Wolcott$19.28$14–$20.758 (2)
Durham$19.28$14–$20.757 (2)
Bloomfield$20.39$14–$20.756 (2)
Burlington$20.39$18.50–$20.396 (1)
Glastonbury$20.39$18.50–$20.396 (1)
Granby$20.39$20.396 (1)
Lebanon$20.39$18.50–$20.396 (1)
Oxford$20.39$14–$20.756 (2)
Southington$20.39$18.50–$20.756 (2)
Branford$19.28$19.28–$20.516 (1)
East Haven$19.28$19.28–$20.516 (1)
Hamden$19.28$19.28–$20.856 (1)
New Haven$19.28$19.28–$20.516 (1)
North Haven$19.28$19.28–$20.516 (1)
Prospect$19.28$19.28–$20.516 (1)
West Haven$19.28$19.28–$20.516 (1)
Washington$22$21.50–$235 (1)
Bozrah$20.39$18.50–$20.395 (1)
Enfield$20.39$20.395 (1)
Harwinton$20.39$18.50–$20.395 (1)
Hebron$20.39$18.50–$20.395 (1)
Torrington$20.39$14–$20.755 (2)
Bridgeport$19.28$19.28–$20.515 (1)
Meriden$19.28$19.28–$20.515 (1)
Trumbull$19.28$19.28–$20.515 (1)
Coventry$20.39$18.50–$20.394 (1)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Direct support professional pay by employer in Connecticut

What each employer posts for direct support professionals here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Oak Hill$20.39$18.50–$20.39104
Marrakech$19.28$19.28–$20.859
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health$22$21.50–$235
Keystone Human Services$20.75$14–$22.255
Horizons Programs$20.86$19.25–$22.442
Gilead Community Services$18.89$18.892

Median of each employer's jobs in Connecticut (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for direct support professionals nationwide when it has such a page.

Night shift direct support professional pay in Connecticut

Where one employer posts both night and other direct support professional jobs in the same state (3 such employers and states), the night jobs post the same base rate as the rest (the median gap is $0): most employers state their night differential apart from the base pay, so check the posting for it.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
Oak Hill, CT$20.39 (16)$20.39 (88)
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, CT$22 (2)$22 (3)
Gilead Community Services, CT$18.89 (1)$18.89 (1)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Best-paid open direct support professional jobs in Connecticut

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in Connecticut

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Connecticut. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (31-1120)$16.35 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides)$17.07 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides)$18.75 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides)$21.27 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides)$21.71 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides)49,510 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides)

BLS median by metro area

  • Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$19.05/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT)
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$18.32/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT)
  • New Haven, CT$19.10/hr (source: BLS OEWS, New Haven, CT)
  • Waterbury-Shelton, CT$18.12/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Waterbury-Shelton, CT)
  • Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$19.02/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT)

Direct support professional salary in Connecticut: common questions

How much does a direct support professional make in Connecticut?

Open direct support professional jobs in Connecticut that state an hourly rate post a median of $20.39, the middle half $20.39 (127 jobs from 6 employers). Full time that is about $42,400 a year. BLS measured a median of $18.75/hr ($38,990 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Connecticut (May 2025).

Where in Connecticut do direct support professionals earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Watertown ($20.39), Waterbury ($19.90), Middlebury ($19.28) and Plymouth ($19.28). The town table lists 30.

Which employers in Connecticut pay direct support professionals the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health ($22), Keystone Human Services ($20.75) and Oak Hill ($20.39).

How does Connecticut compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Connecticut ($20.39) is $0.89 above the national posted median of $19.50. In the BLS survey Connecticut ranks 10 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 127 of 145 open direct support professional jobs in Connecticut (88%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Direct support professional pay in other states

Direct support professional salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →The Caregivers & Home Health Aides job market report →Posted pay against BLS wages →Connecticut pay against its minimum wage →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 5 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (SOC 31-1120), every state, published 15 May 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, published 15 May 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides by metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Direct support professional salary in Connecticut. Data as of 5 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/direct-support-professional/connecticut

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