Highest-paying Cities for Hearing Aid Specialists

The top 100 highest paying cities for hearing aid specialists (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 hearing aid specialists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $174,560, Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan is the highest paying city for hearing aid specialists. It is followed by Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana (average annual salary $102,250). 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 hearing aid specialists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Hearing Aid Specialists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$174,560	$21,600	n/a
2	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$102,250	$49,480	n/a
3	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$81,750	$42,030	40
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$79,430	$46,920	30
5	Honolulu, Hawaii	$79,260	$54,200	n/a
6	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$77,430	$64,380	n/a
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$73,890	$57,680	180
8	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$72,960	$46,260	30
9	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$72,280	$43,470	70
10	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$72,280	$29,730	50
11	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$72,130	$37,390	190
12	Gainesville, Florida	$71,750	$26,260	50
13	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$71,480	$36,930	30
14	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$70,190	$43,280	60
15	Madison, Wisconsin	$69,290	$49,470	40
16	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$69,280	$33,860	90
17	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$66,750	$39,330	150
18	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$66,320	$58,210	70
19	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$66,320	$54,600	70
20	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$66,320	$38,480	40
21	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$65,820	$23,500	70
22	Corpus Christi, Texas	$65,350	$24,600	n/a
23	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$64,930	$34,340	450
24	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$64,760	$32,040	50
25	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$64,500	$43,070	n/a
26	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$64,450	$52,000	290
27	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$64,050	$30,520	70
28	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$63,310	$47,030	n/a
29	Richmond, Virginia	$62,930	$31,900	70
30	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$62,910	$55,640	80
31	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$62,550	$38,740	160
32	Spokane, Washington	$62,540	$52,930	n/a
33	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$62,540	$43,250	150
34	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$62,120	$38,090	160
35	Provo-Orem, Utah	$62,090	$46,800	30
36	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$62,090	$32,420	30
37	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$61,400	$46,980	50
38	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$61,300	$50,030	40
39	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$60,820	$39,280	140
40	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$60,620	$36,290	60
41	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$60,440	$32,400	610
42	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$60,380	$31,200	110
43	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$60,340	$35,010	50
44	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$60,170	$42,030	60
45	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$60,110	$37,040	50
46	Salem, Oregon	$60,110	$25,240	40
47	Tucson, Arizona	$60,110	$46,980	30
48	Billings, Montana	$59,810	$53,730	n/a
49	Anchorage, Alaska	$59,500	$42,140	40
50	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$59,300	$29,140	50
51	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$59,280	$21,210	50
52	Fresno, California	$58,690	$52,560	n/a
53	Jacksonville, Florida	$58,340	$30,460	n/a
54	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$57,650	$36,230	40
55	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$57,540	$30,370	40
56	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$56,370	$32,420	60
57	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$55,740	$36,810	90
58	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$55,640	$34,710	70
59	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$55,640	$36,960	150
60	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$55,060	$40,210	50
61	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$54,670	$41,180	120
62	Danbury, Connecticut	$54,540	$34,810	n/a
63	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$54,470	$29,420	40
64	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$53,460	$35,400	50
65	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$52,930	$36,900	130
66	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$51,980	$48,430	30
67	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$51,210	$44,030	30
68	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$50,420	$32,430	n/a
69	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$50,310	$38,440	50
70	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$49,980	$30,040	80
71	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$49,780	$39,200	30
72	Springfield, Massachusetts	$49,430	$29,570	50
73	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$49,200	$30,330	140
74	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$48,580	$35,200	n/a
75	Savannah, Georgia	$48,360	$30,350	40
76	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$48,230	$39,920	40
77	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$48,220	$40,480	260
78	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$48,140	$35,940	110
79	Columbus, Ohio	$48,070	$37,020	30
80	Albany, Oregon	$47,160	$22,180	n/a
81	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$46,830	$34,500	60
82	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$46,510	$40,390	n/a
83	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$46,190	$34,960	n/a
84	Worcester, Massachusetts	$45,770	$41,100	70
85	St Louis, Missouri	$45,380	$31,460	50
86	Syracuse, New York	$45,050	$45,050	40
87	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$44,710	$28,880	30
88	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$44,110	$35,110	280
89	Bellingham, Washington	$43,810	$32,950	n/a
90	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$43,620	$34,590	n/a
91	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$43,580	$31,240	70
92	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$43,510	$31,680	70
93	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$42,710	$33,400	110
94	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$42,540	$31,680	30
95	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$41,880	$30,910	50
96	Kansas City, Missouri	$41,300	$33,180	50
97	New Haven, Connecticut	$41,010	$32,530	30
98	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$39,000	$27,170	60
99	Salt Lake City, Utah	$37,740	$37,740	160
100	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$37,150	$26,360	60

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for hearing aid specialists.