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Sound Engineering Technicians — wages and employment

Sound Engineering Technicians earned a median annual wage of $66,430 in the United States in May 2024, with 13,050 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $66,430SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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Sound Engineering Technicians earned a median annual wage of $66,430 in the United States in May 2024, with 13,050 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $36,600 or less, the best-paid tenth $134,980 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $59,430 to $66,430, +11.8 %. The best-paying state is New Jersey at $111,580; the lowest Puerto Rico at $27,790. Among metropolitan areas, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA pays the highest median, $119,600. Wages are as published by BLS for May of each year; '≥ $239,200' is BLS's top code. Every value links to its fact record.

United States, year by year

Annual wages at the median, mean and four percentiles; employment is the May estimate.

By state

Median annual wage, May 2024, highest first. Each state has its own record with the full series.

StateMedian annualEmployment
New Jersey$111,580320
Washington$110,950350
District of Columbia$101,55090
Arizona$97,380250
New York$87,1801,690
Nevada$81,720160
California$78,0203,800
Alabama$77,42050
Maryland$71,310220
Tennessee$69,990500
Colorado$66,580160
New Hampshire$62,40070
Florida$62,310800
Minnesota$62,050100
Massachusetts$61,650170
Nebraska$60,680—
Texas$59,370320
New Mexico$59,19060
Indiana$58,04080
Ohio$57,630480
North Carolina$57,550220
Connecticut$57,05040
Illinois$56,340700
Oklahoma$55,92040
Montana$54,83040
Kentucky$54,07030
Pennsylvania$53,970300
Georgia$52,650180
Louisiana$52,240150
Michigan$51,790250
Wisconsin$50,980100
Iowa$50,22040
Oregon$50,22090
Missouri$48,800300
Virginia$47,580150
South Carolina$42,370130
Utah$32,880320
Puerto Rico$27,79090

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

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