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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 $73,740, Washington is the highest paying state for sound engineering technicians. It is followed by New York (average annual salary $71,550). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2017 [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	Washington	$73,740	$41,270	330
2	New York	$71,550	$33,850	2,090
3	Nevada	$70,760	$42,910	240
4	New Jersey	$69,030	$26,210	530
5	Missouri	$65,810	$21,330	140
6	California	$59,560	$28,040	4,980
7	Massachusetts	$57,880	$33,250	300
8	Minnesota	$55,730	$24,090	140
9	Maryland	$54,380	$26,590	290
10	Connecticut	$53,560	$29,900	280
11	District of Columbia	$53,340	$30,520	100
12	Michigan	$52,980	$27,430	130
13	Colorado	$52,160	$20,810	210
14	North Carolina	$52,100	$31,800	210
15	Iowa	$50,700	$26,110	60
16	Louisiana	$50,430	$24,720	270
17	New Mexico	$47,780	$22,360	50
18	Wisconsin	$47,270	$25,790	190
19	Ohio	$46,980	$24,250	310
20	Arkansas	$45,130	$31,110	40
21	Tennessee	$45,080	$19,680	540
22	Oregon	$42,270	$31,120	90
23	Kansas	$42,190	$32,700	30
24	Pennsylvania	$40,940	$17,740	210
25	Illinois	$40,450	$24,270	320
26	Mississippi	$40,210	$23,660	60
27	Arizona	$39,830	$18,930	90
28	South Carolina	$39,790	$32,540	110
29	Texas	$39,570	$17,720	510
30	Virginia	$39,230	$17,570	280
31	Alabama	$36,920	$17,760	30
32	Georgia	$36,850	$17,880	550
33	Indiana	$35,780	$22,980	80
34	New Hampshire	$35,750	$27,010	30
35	Florida	$35,370	$21,150	570
36	Kentucky	$35,150	$19,650	40
37	Oklahoma	$35,050	$22,980	50
38	Montana	$27,690	$18,020	60
39	Puerto Rico	$22,830	$16,380	40
40	Utah	$18,450	$16,200	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.