Salaries

Salaries in Hartford.

3,445 roles. One city.

Cost-of-living index: 1.08x national average. Last updated August 2026.

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Highest Paying

$367,000

Senior VP of Security

Median of All Roles

$149,000

Healthcare Backend Engineer

Entry Level

$36,000

Data Entry Specialist

The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated August 2026.

Hartford, CT has a cost-of-living index of 1.08x the national average. The highest-paying role is Senior VP of Security at $367,000, while the median across all 3,445 roles is $149,000. Hartford is the insurance capital of the world, home to Aetna, The Hartford, and Travelers.

About the Hartford market

Hartford is the insurance capital of the world, home to Aetna, The Hartford, and Travelers. The city's financial services and defense sectors drive strong demand for actuarial, underwriting, and engineering talent. Proximity to New York and Boston creates a competitive salary environment.

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Top 50 salaries in Hartford

#RoleMedianRange
1Senior VP of Security$367,000$312,000 – $477,000
2Senior VP of Product$360,000$281,000 – $468,000
3Chief Security Officer$360,000$280,000 – $468,000
4SVP of Data$357,000$303,000 – $464,000
5SVP of AI Innovation$350,000$297,000 – $455,000
6SVP of Engineering$350,000$297,000 – $455,000
7Chief Strategy Officer$348,000$272,000 – $453,000
8SVP of Product$346,000$294,000 – $450,000
9SVP of Finance$343,000$292,000 – $446,000
10Chief AI Officer$341,000$253,000 – $441,000
11VP of Platform Engineering$340,000$290,000 – $443,000
12VP of Analytics$340,000$290,000 – $443,000
13VP of Information Technology$340,000$290,000 – $443,000
14VP of Support Engineering$340,000$290,000 – $443,000
15VP of Database Engineering$340,000$290,000 – $443,000
16Senior VP of Design$338,000$264,000 – $440,000
17VP of AI Product$337,000$287,000 – $438,000
18VP of Cloud$337,000$287,000 – $438,000
19VP of Partner Engineering$337,000$287,000 – $438,000
20VP of Solutions Engineering$337,000$287,000 – $438,000
21VP of Technical Support$337,000$287,000 – $438,000
22VP of Reliability Engineering$337,000$287,000 – $438,000
23VP of Site Reliability Engineering$337,000$287,000 – $438,000
24SVP of Technology$336,000$285,000 – $436,000
25VP of Machine Learning$334,000$284,000 – $434,000
26VP of Infrastructure$334,000$284,000 – $434,000
27VP of Information Security$334,000$284,000 – $434,000
28VP of Data$334,000$284,000 – $434,000
29Senior Head of Security$332,000$282,000 – $431,000
30VP of Engineering$331,000$281,000 – $430,000
31VP of AI Engineering$331,000$281,000 – $430,000
32VP of Core Engineering$331,000$281,000 – $430,000
33VP of Finance$330,000$281,000 – $430,000
34Chief Design Officer$328,000$256,000 – $427,000
35Chief Machine Learning Officer$327,000$255,000 – $425,000
36CTO$327,000$255,000 – $425,000
37VP of Privacy$327,000$279,000 – $426,000
38VP of Security Engineering$327,000$279,000 – $426,000
39SVP of Sales$327,000$255,000 – $425,000
40Chief Transformation Officer$326,000$254,000 – $423,000
41SVP of Marketing$326,000$254,000 – $423,000
42Chief Commercial Officer$325,000$253,000 – $423,000
43VP of Data Engineering$324,000$276,000 – $421,000
44VP of Developer Experience$324,000$276,000 – $421,000
45Chief Architect$324,000$275,000 – $421,000
46VP of Network Engineering$324,000$276,000 – $421,000
47VP of Data Science$321,000$273,000 – $417,000
48Senior Head of Product$321,000$251,000 – $418,000
49VP of IT$321,000$273,000 – $417,000
50VP of Mobile$321,000$273,000 – $417,000

Tax considerations

Connecticut's top income tax rate is 6.99%. Hartford has no city income tax, but the state rate is among the higher ones in the Northeast.

Negotiating in Hartford

Highlight specialized insurance or actuarial credentials. Hartford employers pay national rates for niche financial expertise and struggle to compete with New York for top talent.

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