Two Connecticut Cities Listed as 'Worst Places to Start a Career'

Congratulations Graduates of the Class of 2025. Ready to start earning and living the good life? You might want to avoid two cities in Connecticut and start your career elsewhere, at least according to a new study.

WalletHub.com has just released their new study Best & Worst Places to Start a Career (2025), and Derby, Bozrah, and New Milford were nowhere near either end of their list, but Bridgeport and New Haven did.

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To arrive at their numbers, WalletHub.com compared the 150 most populated cities in the US, plus at least two of the biggest cities in each state across two key dimensions: Professional Opportunities and Quality of Life, and then further evaluated those using 25 relevant metrics. Some of which were: Availability of Entry-Level Jobs, Average Starting Salary, Annual Job Growth Rate, Unemployment and Underemployment Rates, Median Income, Average Length of Work Week, Commute Times, and Housing Affordability. As I've already told you, our two largest cities performed horribly on the National stage.

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New Haven landed at #163 in the study, while Bridgeport scraped the very bottom of the worst one away from rock bottom at #181. The only city WalletHub.com says is a worse place to start your career in 2025 than Bridgeport is #182 - Pearl City, Hawaii. The news is not all bad though, Bridgeport tied for first place in Monthly Average Starting Salaries with Durham, NC, Austin, TX, and Casper, WY. You will make nearly three times as much money starting your career in Bridgeport compared to starting your career in Juneau, Alaska.

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