Audiologists salary

SOC 29-1181 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$95,780

per year, nationally

Middle half

$79,340–$111,300

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

13,660

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+9.5%

700 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.

$64,610$133,120

10th: $64,610
25th: $79,340
Median: $95,780
75th: $111,300
90th: $133,120

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Doctoral or professional degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

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

Where audiologists 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	Nevada	$133,110	100.0	—	—
2	New Jersey	$119,230	108.8	210	0.57×
3	North Dakota	$118,750	89.0	40	1.12×
4	California	$114,910	110.7	1,740	1.09×
5	Alaska	$114,170	102.4	—	—
6	Hawaii	$113,850	110.0	90	1.54×
7	Connecticut	$113,180	103.6	70	0.45×
8	Oregon	$109,560	103.4	140	0.81×
9	Washington	$108,580	107.0	320	1.02×
10	New Hampshire	$105,590	104.2	50	0.81×
11	Utah	$104,450	98.9	120	0.77×
12	Massachusetts	$104,130	105.8	220	0.69×
13	Wisconsin	$102,840	94.1	280	1.07×
14	District of Columbia	$102,500	109.9	40	0.66×
15	Colorado	$102,270	103.1	430	1.70×
16	Minnesota	$102,130	98.6	290	1.14×
17	Maine	$102,060	97.0	60	1.11×
18	Vermont	$101,730	98.0	—	—
19	New York	$100,860	107.9	690	0.81×
20	Missouri	$99,450	90.8	220	0.85×
21	Georgia	$98,470	96.3	470	1.10×
22	Michigan	$97,790	96.2	250	0.65×
23	Nebraska	$97,460	90.1	90	1.03×
24	Kansas	$97,250	90.1	200	1.57×
25	Iowa	$97,180	87.8	270	1.97×
26	Arkansas	$96,980	86.9	110	0.98×
27	Idaho	$95,120	95.5	200	2.64×
28	Texas	$93,570	97.1	1,020	0.82×
29	Illinois	$93,510	100.0	330	0.61×
30	Florida	$93,480	103.4	700	0.80×
31	Kentucky	$92,520	90.2	90	0.51×
32	Maryland	$91,260	105.0	160	0.68×
33	South Dakota	$91,190	88.6	40	0.93×
34	Tennessee	$90,540	91.9	270	0.93×
35	Indiana	$90,280	93.3	410	1.47×
36	Pennsylvania	$89,480	97.6	460	0.86×
37	North Carolina	$88,920	94.3	450	1.03×
38	Montana	$86,990	94.6	60	1.40×
39	Alabama	$86,300	88.8	190	1.02×
40	Delaware	$85,700	99.8	70	1.65×
41	Arizona	$83,210	100.7	240	0.83×
42	New Mexico	$83,050	92.2	80	1.11×
43	South Carolina	$82,330	93.7	200	0.97×
44	Ohio	$81,390	92.8	1,230	2.52×
45	Mississippi	$80,740	87.0	—	—
46	Virginia	$80,010	101.1	260	0.73×
47	West Virginia	$79,990	89.5	120	1.95×
48	Oklahoma	$76,880	87.8	210	1.39×
49	Louisiana	$75,200	88.2	140	0.81×

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 audiologists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for audiologists

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	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$134,990	106.7	—	—
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$133,910	110.4	70	0.71×
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$132,390	115.6	220	1.08×
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$128,350	111.1	170	0.90×
5	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$128,110	113.6	520	0.94×
6	Fresno, CA	$117,580	102.2	40	0.98×
7	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$115,070	112.6	530	0.63×
8	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$114,730	105.8	230	1.65×
9	Urban Honolulu, HI	$113,850	111.0	—	—
10	Jacksonville, FL	$111,280	99.5	160	2.38×
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$109,560	105.4	90	0.81×
12	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$109,140	100.9	60	0.87×
13	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$108,960	108.3	160	0.66×
14	Portland-South Portland, ME	$106,770	101.9	40	1.77×
15	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$105,800	96.9	50	0.64×
16	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$105,540	100.1	—	—
17	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$105,430	98.6	210	0.74×
18	Madison, WI	$105,160	97.3	40	0.98×
19	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$104,940	104.8	210	1.25×
20	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$104,820	98.1	110	0.97×
21	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$104,580	91.7	70	1.96×
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$102,500	108.9	150	0.54×
23	Colorado Springs, CO	$102,270	100.7	50	1.71×
24	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$100,930	103.6	230	0.58×
25	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	$100,270	91.4	40	1.73×
26	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$99,820	95.5	40	0.80×
27	Kansas City, MO-KS	$99,650	92.5	120	1.27×
28	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$99,580	100.3	90	0.56×
29	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$99,490	100.3	30	1.37×
30	St. Louis, MO-IL	$99,450	95.1	90	0.75×
31	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$99,420	94.7	100	1.05×
32	Boise City, ID	$99,230	98.4	110	3.21×
33	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	$98,120	89.4	40	1.32×
34	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$97,790	98.2	80	1.26×
35	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$97,610	96.3	110	1.10×
36	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$97,300	106.4	—	—
37	Iowa City, IA	$97,180	91.5	40	4.36×
38	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$97,100	99.6	50	1.17×
39	Boulder, CO	$94,300	105.2	40	2.27×
40	Rochester, NY	$94,270	97.0	70	1.60×

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 audiologists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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