Highest-paying Cities for Audio and Video Equipment Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for audio and video equipment 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 audio and video equipment technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $71,760, Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey is the highest paying city for audio and video equipment technicians. It is followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (average annual salary $71,090). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of audio and video equipment technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Audio and Video Equipment Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$71,760	$60,580	270
2	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$71,090	$39,910	4,280
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$69,930	$49,920	760
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$67,320	$42,060	310
5	Worcester, Massachusetts	$66,650	$44,140	100
6	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$65,250	$34,690	140
7	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$65,220	$41,300	680
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$64,970	$40,260	700
9	Springfield, Massachusetts	$63,890	$42,280	90
10	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$63,720	$38,670	6,120
11	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$63,660	$32,610	30
12	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$63,590	$39,910	1,530
13	Boulder, Colorado	$63,020	$33,870	50
14	New Haven, Connecticut	$63,000	$38,960	100
15	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$62,460	$36,180	80
16	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$62,110	$39,030	120
17	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$62,020	$30,600	1,170
18	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$60,470	$30,390	80
19	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$59,460	$34,660	40
20	Springfield, Illinois	$59,220	$36,320	110
21	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$58,940	$34,700	4,920
22	Spokane, Washington	$58,770	$38,360	110
23	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$57,970	$33,790	50
24	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$57,930	$40,080	180
25	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$57,720	$41,630	30
26	Gainesville, Florida	$56,780	$32,160	80
27	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$56,680	$32,740	80
28	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$56,650	$27,770	80
29	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$56,150	$37,730	650
30	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$56,140	$34,870	50
31	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$56,060	$39,300	120
32	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$55,990	$34,150	1,850
33	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$55,780	$37,060	280
34	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$55,470	$53,400	60
35	Syracuse, New York	$55,430	$36,170	90
36	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$55,360	$27,400	50
37	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$54,970	$36,240	420
38	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$54,390	$32,340	520
39	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$54,150	$25,200	30
40	Odessa, Texas	$54,050	$26,430	60
41	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$53,970	$30,800	210
42	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina	$53,900	$25,770	90
43	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$53,900	$33,440	90
44	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$53,890	$34,850	40
45	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$53,770	$38,660	70
46	Ithaca, New York	$53,430	$36,620	40
47	St Louis, Missouri	$53,120	$28,920	610
48	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$52,980	$33,980	1,410
49	Framingham, Massachusetts	$52,680	$41,520	40
50	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$52,640	$33,190	50
51	Tallahassee, Florida	$52,540	$30,860	70
52	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$52,510	$44,320	100
53	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$52,290	$37,700	70
54	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$52,280	$30,670	40
55	Springfield, Missouri	$52,040	$34,720	50
56	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$52,020	$22,890	100
57	Richmond, Virginia	$52,000	$33,280	170
58	Bend, Oregon	$52,000	$34,790	50
59	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$51,880	$33,660	760
60	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$51,770	$38,320	40
61	Auburn-Opelika, Alabama	$51,730	$34,120	30
62	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$51,680	$36,810	30
63	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$51,580	$33,880	600
64	Anchorage, Alaska	$51,390	$37,420	50
65	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$51,350	$22,030	50
66	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$51,310	$37,790	230
67	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$50,750	$28,060	40
68	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$50,730	$37,850	50
69	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$50,680	$30,820	70
70	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$50,590	$37,130	1,310
71	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$50,590	$31,530	80
72	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$50,530	$32,710	n/a
73	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$50,520	$26,200	230
74	Dayton, Ohio	$50,240	$28,540	60
75	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$50,220	$26,390	520
76	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$50,170	$34,120	110
77	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$50,120	$32,900	1,150
78	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$50,040	$36,100	40
79	Stockton, California	$49,920	$37,440	50
80	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$49,910	$41,210	70
81	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$49,810	$30,740	50
82	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$49,740	$26,060	70
83	Kansas City, Missouri	$49,670	$35,970	310
84	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$49,640	$33,270	30
85	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$49,630	$40,980	60
86	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$49,520	$34,830	60
87	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$49,470	$36,520	220
88	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$49,450	$30,960	2,620
89	Fresno, California	$49,410	$31,850	80
90	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$49,300	$31,850	390
91	Tacoma, Washington	$49,290	$28,940	100
92	Fargo, North Dakota	$49,140	$28,580	50
93	Jacksonville, Florida	$49,140	$33,130	170
94	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$49,080	$34,950	40
95	Columbia, South Carolina	$49,060	$16,390	70
96	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$49,030	$34,660	380
97	Evansville, Kentucky	$48,960	$27,490	40
98	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$48,960	$28,590	920
99	St Cloud, Minnesota	$48,910	$36,160	30
100	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$48,890	$21,040	120

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for audio and video equipment technicians.