Audio and Video Technicians salary

SOC 27-4011 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$58,100

per year, nationally

Middle half

$46,390–$77,560

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

70,230

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+3.3%

7,300 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$37,990$100,650

10th: $37,990
25th: $46,390
Median: $58,100
75th: $77,560
90th: $100,650

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Postsecondary nondegree award
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where audio and video technicians earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	District of Columbia	$78,770	109.9	830	2.63×
2	New Jersey	$71,040	108.8	2,280	1.18×
3	Maryland	$70,040	105.0	1,770	1.42×
4	Washington	$69,270	107.0	1,360	0.84×
5	New York	$67,600	107.9	7,990	1.83×
6	California	$64,620	110.7	9,280	1.13×
7	Rhode Island	$64,070	102.3	150	0.64×
8	Nevada	$62,770	100.0	1,580	2.25×
9	Connecticut	$62,120	103.6	820	1.06×
10	Alaska	$62,060	102.4	70	0.46×
11	Illinois	$60,740	100.0	3,020	1.10×
12	Hawaii	$60,150	110.0	430	1.52×
13	Delaware	$59,700	99.8	130	0.57×
14	Michigan	$58,300	96.2	1,700	0.85×
15	Pennsylvania	$56,890	97.6	3,080	1.12×
16	Colorado	$56,790	103.1	830	0.64×
17	New Hampshire	$56,180	104.2	170	0.54×
18	Florida	$54,230	103.4	6,000	1.34×
19	Virginia	$53,960	101.1	1,900	1.03×
20	Minnesota	$53,800	98.6	960	0.72×
21	Oregon	$52,000	103.4	630	0.71×
22	South Carolina	$52,000	93.7	440	0.43×
23	Vermont	$51,500	98.0	170	1.23×
24	Wisconsin	$51,390	94.1	760	0.57×
25	Georgia	$51,350	96.3	1,630	0.74×
26	Iowa	$51,030	87.8	290	0.41×
27	Missouri	$50,680	90.8	1,370	1.03×
28	Nebraska	$50,660	90.1	290	0.64×
29	Alabama	$50,160	88.8	320	0.34×
30	North Dakota	$50,110	89.0	100	0.53×
31	Kansas	$50,030	90.1	220	0.34×
32	Tennessee	$49,970	91.9	1,640	1.11×
33	Idaho	$49,950	95.5	210	0.54×
34	Ohio	$49,890	92.8	1,430	0.57×
35	Indiana	$49,870	93.3	1,390	0.96×
36	Wyoming	$49,680	92.7	50	0.40×
37	Texas	$49,440	97.1	4,280	0.67×
38	Oklahoma	$49,010	87.8	540	0.70×
39	Utah	$48,730	98.9	1,880	2.39×
40	Kentucky	$48,320	90.2	600	0.67×
41	Arizona	$47,140	100.7	1,340	0.92×
42	New Mexico	$47,070	92.2	420	1.07×
43	Montana	$46,700	94.6	140	0.61×
44	North Carolina	$46,700	94.3	1,870	0.84×
45	West Virginia	$46,590	89.5	200	0.62×
46	Maine	$46,080	97.0	150	0.52×
47	Louisiana	$44,480	88.2	860	0.99×
48	Arkansas	$43,910	86.9	150	0.25×
49	Mississippi	$43,500	87.0	200	0.38×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where audio and video technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for audio and video technicians

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$86,470	108.3	—	—
2	Auburn-Opelika, AL	$79,810	87.9	40	1.08×
3	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$79,610	98.9	560	7.37×
4	Springfield, MA	$79,470	96.1	60	0.66×
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$75,540	115.6	1,370	1.28×
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$74,380	108.9	2,210	1.56×
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$73,100	110.4	380	0.74×
8	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$72,300	112.6	7,800	1.82×
9	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$71,540	102.4	210	1.36×
10	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$69,270	111.1	1,010	1.07×
11	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$68,940	108.8	70	0.75×
12	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$68,730	103.2	80	0.74×
13	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$68,550	99.8	70	0.99×
14	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$67,100	100.2	40	1.33×
15	Champaign-Urbana, IL	$66,930	92.7	40	0.88×
16	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$66,100	106.9	180	1.00×
17	New Haven, CT	$66,000	104.6	150	1.21×
18	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$65,270	104.5	810	1.33×
19	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$65,140	101.8	240	0.75×
20	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$64,900	113.6	4,710	1.66×
21	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$63,780	103.6	2,490	1.22×
22	Worcester, MA	$63,620	102.5	150	0.92×
23	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$62,910	100.3	770	0.90×
24	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$62,770	100.2	1,360	2.64×
25	Ithaca, NY	$62,510	103.3	50	2.28×
26	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$62,320	102.6	1,350	1.03×
27	Anchorage, AK	$62,200	105.4	40	0.53×
28	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$61,660	100.0	80	0.72×
29	Syracuse, NY	$61,610	95.7	130	0.98×
30	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$61,440	100.0	130	0.79×
31	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$60,940	102.7	210	0.76×
32	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$60,770	100.3	60	0.55×
33	Salinas, CA	$60,390	109.0	100	1.17×
34	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	$60,210	94.8	50	0.85×
35	Urban Honolulu, HI	$60,150	111.0	370	1.84×
36	Boulder, CO	$59,990	105.2	30	0.36×
37	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$59,470	111.9	750	1.08×
38	Colorado Springs, CO	$58,780	100.7	100	0.69×
39	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$58,740	95.5	130	0.47×
40	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$58,700	95.8	230	0.93×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where audio and video technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Photographers$44,660
Film and Video Editors$75,420
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film$74,990
Broadcast Technicians$59,570
Sound Engineering Technicians$73,130
Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other$70,720
Lighting Technicians$68,060