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Highest Paying States for Sound Engineering Technicians

The highest paying states for sound engineering technicians (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of sound engineering technicians in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $77,620, Louisiana is the highest paying state for sound engineering technicians. It is followed by Washington (average annual salary $72,940). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2018 [1]. For more salary information of sound engineering technicians in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest Paying States for Sound Engineering Technicians

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Louisiana	$77,620	$36,340	240
2	Washington	$72,940	$36,260	250
3	New York	$71,330	$36,040	1,820
4	Nevada	$70,760	$42,910	240
5	New Jersey	$69,030	$26,210	450
6	Connecticut	$67,810	$34,430	160
7	California	$63,420	$26,730	4,740
8	Colorado	$62,290	$33,300	110
9	District of Columbia	$61,490	$31,210	80
10	Michigan	$58,870	$35,330	90
11	Georgia	$55,750	$26,950	410
12	North Carolina	$53,210	$28,350	200
13	Massachusetts	$52,970	$27,960	250
14	Minnesota	$50,000	$21,940	170
15	Maryland	$49,380	$28,280	160
16	Tennessee	$48,700	$28,040	410
17	Illinois	$48,690	$26,080	380
18	Wisconsin	$48,530	$26,430	50
19	New Mexico	$48,170	$21,810	40
20	Virginia	$46,370	$17,590	260
21	Florida	$45,830	$22,820	640
22	Vermont	$45,170	$27,190	30
23	Missouri	$44,770	$22,460	130
24	Iowa	$44,560	$24,830	50
25	Kansas	$42,190	$32,700	30
26	Texas	$41,940	$20,000	500
27	Ohio	$41,110	$24,080	190
28	South Carolina	$41,010	$33,670	100
29	Mississippi	$40,210	$23,660	60
30	Arizona	$39,780	$24,060	50
31	Pennsylvania	$39,710	$18,290	180
32	Oregon	$39,650	$30,390	90
33	Arkansas	$39,280	$28,330	30
34	Indiana	$38,650	$23,420	100
35	Oklahoma	$38,180	$23,830	100
36	Alabama	$36,920	$17,760	30
37	Kentucky	$36,270	$19,670	40
38	New Hampshire	$35,750	$27,010	30
39	Puerto Rico	$28,530	$17,070	50
40	Montana	$27,690	$18,020	60
41	Rhode Island	$24,380	$20,520	30
42	Utah	$19,780	$16,380	220

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of sound engineering technicians in those states is not available at this time.