Connecticut · 2025 pay
How much do Capital Region Development Authority (Connecticut) employees make?
$158,795typical pay for full-year employees in 2025
$129,261 – $203,829what most people earned
Counting everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers, typical pay was $129,261.
CT Office of the State Comptroller publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs:
✓ Official data from CT Office of the State ComptrollerMatches the agency's latest releaseosc.ct.gov ↗
Is pay going up?
Yes. Typical pay counting everyone paid went from $98,555 in 2016 to $129,261 in 2025 (+31%).
What changed since 2024
- +22.9%Typical pay for full-year employees went up from $129,181 to $158,795.
- +9.4%Typical raise for the 14 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 43% got a raise of 10% or more.
- 5 new5 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 0 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
- +31%Since 2016, typical pay counting everyone paid has gone from $98,555 to $129,261, while the number of people paid went up from 11 to 19.
The agency updates it every pay period.
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn |
|---|
How many people earn what
- Under $10k0
- $10k – $30k1
- $30k – $50k4
- $50k – $70k1
- $70k – $90k2
- $90k – $110k0
- $110k – $150k4
- $150k or more7
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Capital Region Dev Authority | 19 | $129,261 |
Highest paid at Capital Region Development Authority in 2025
- 1Michael W. FreimuthCrd Executive Director$266,412▲ $6,962 vs 2024
- 2Anthony L. LazzaroCrd Deputy Director$241,019▲ $24,331 vs 2024
- 3Joseph D. GeremiaCrd Chief Financial Officer$235,732▲ $24,253 vs 2024
- 4Robert Paul HoulihanCrd Director Design and Build Services$203,829▲ $17,085 vs 2024
- 5Kimberly Crowley HartCrd Venue Director$180,703▲ $8,209 vs 2024
- 6Derek PetersonCrd Senior Underwriter$162,391▲ $58,750 vs 2024
- 7Mark J O'ConnellCrdconstructionsrprgrmmgr$158,795▲ $13,699 vs 2024
- 8Terryl Mitchell SmithCrd Director of Mrk and Pub Rel$135,323▲ $6,143 vs 2024
- 9Lauren E VazCrddirectorofaccounting$130,847▲ $24,524 vs 2024
- 10Jennifer S. GaffeyCrd Office Manager$129,261▲ $11,077 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Capital Region Development Authority (Connecticut) employee make?
Full-year employees were typically paid $158,795 in 2025; most earned between $129,261 and $203,829. Counting all 19 people paid during the year, typical pay was $129,261.
Who counts as a full-year employee?
"Employed all year" means the Comptroller's data shows the person was hired before January 1 (or was on the previous year's payroll) and has no termination date during the year.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (100.0% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (0.0%).
Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?
From Connecticut Office of the State Comptroller (osc.ct.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the agency updates it every pay period.
"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. "Employed all year" means the Comptroller's data shows the person was hired before January 1 (or was on the previous year's payroll) and has no termination date during the year. Hire and end dates are used only to work this out; we don't store or publish them. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals