Highest-paying Cities for Audiologists

The top 100 highest paying cities for audiologists (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 audiologists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $148,740, Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina is the highest paying city for audiologists. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $139,250). 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 audiologists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Audiologists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$148,740	$122,140	n/a
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$139,250	$106,140	90
3	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$130,250	$59,220	30
4	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$129,390	$90,610	n/a
5	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$128,850	$98,030	70
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$127,610	$95,350	180
7	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$118,860	$106,700	40
8	Greenville, North Carolina	$112,960	$61,020	n/a
9	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$111,120	$64,200	30
10	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$110,730	$100,040	n/a
11	Olympia, Washington	$109,370	$75,010	n/a
12	Fresno, California	$106,560	$62,150	30
13	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$105,980	$63,660	40
14	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$103,430	$72,220	380
15	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$102,850	$81,250	200
16	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$102,720	$55,920	70
17	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$102,560	$43,090	390
18	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$101,180	$27,450	n/a
19	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$100,990	$61,790	n/a
20	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$100,320	$77,410	360
21	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$100,040	$69,000	50
22	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$100,010	$83,980	610
23	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$99,450	$55,650	30
24	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$98,730	$70,170	70
25	Rochester, Minnesota	$98,090	$76,310	110
26	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$98,020	$68,380	90
27	Salt Lake City, Utah	$97,980	$71,640	100
28	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$97,510	$79,170	320
29	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$97,430	$55,000	350
30	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$96,790	$47,710	70
31	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$96,570	$67,340	230
32	Madison, Wisconsin	$95,950	$64,870	40
33	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$95,360	$75,670	50
34	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$94,900	$60,160	60
35	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$94,420	$66,470	50
36	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$94,030	$66,860	80
37	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$92,610	$68,420	n/a
38	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$91,600	$48,280	n/a
39	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$91,020	$63,480	310
40	Boulder, Colorado	$90,870	$57,640	70
41	Lubbock, Texas	$90,300	$31,910	50
42	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$90,200	$57,920	n/a
43	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$89,980	$64,120	30
44	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$89,980	$68,110	60
45	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$89,280	$77,950	190
46	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$88,850	$68,060	50
47	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$88,710	$83,140	640
48	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$87,900	$69,980	250
49	Wilmington, New Jersey	$87,640	$67,160	30
50	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$87,330	$77,990	50
51	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$86,740	$72,000	260
52	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$86,440	$69,690	n/a
53	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$86,120	$66,290	60
54	Gainesville, Florida	$86,070	$71,900	40
55	Provo-Orem, Utah	$85,690	$60,480	30
56	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$85,320	$59,370	120
57	Tucson, Arizona	$85,280	$66,760	60
58	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$85,240	$68,870	360
59	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$85,070	$67,960	40
60	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$83,880	$58,930	50
61	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$83,430	$66,840	100
62	Akron, Ohio	$83,320	$64,910	40
63	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$83,260	$76,430	680
64	Kansas City, Missouri	$83,080	$55,630	90
65	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$83,080	$69,010	n/a
66	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$82,950	$54,920	50
67	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$82,790	$67,470	60
68	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$82,780	$48,700	40
69	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$82,560	$57,910	210
70	Rochester, New York	$82,350	$62,910	50
71	Duluth, Wisconsin	$82,090	$68,150	40
72	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$82,020	$64,480	30
73	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$81,650	$64,470	50
74	Springfield, Massachusetts	$81,570	$40,080	50
75	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$81,400	$59,120	30
76	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$81,360	$53,160	120
77	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$81,210	$32,140	100
78	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$80,850	$57,430	40
79	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$80,650	$62,670	790
80	Dayton, Ohio	$80,550	$60,840	40
81	Iowa City, Iowa	$80,510	$67,560	30
82	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$80,330	$67,620	190
83	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$80,330	$66,260	120
84	St Louis, Missouri	$79,980	$71,160	100
85	Lynchburg, Virginia	$79,960	$31,760	30
86	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$79,870	$55,070	50
87	Honolulu, Hawaii	$79,740	$50,400	n/a
88	Worcester, Massachusetts	$79,710	$40,350	60
89	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$78,900	$62,280	80
90	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$78,710	$47,950	150
91	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$78,610	$68,090	40
92	Wichita, Kansas	$78,600	$64,320	40
93	New Haven, Connecticut	$78,530	$74,320	50
94	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$78,430	$37,260	60
95	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$78,310	$54,630	120
96	Camden, New Jersey	$78,110	$66,060	n/a
97	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$78,070	$75,440	130
98	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$77,990	$62,180	60
99	Roanoke, Virginia	$77,780	$58,830	30
100	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida	$77,760	$65,770	n/a

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for audiologists.