Highest-paying Cities for Sound Engineering Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities 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 cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $102,130, Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey is the highest paying city for sound engineering technicians. It is followed by Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (average annual salary $94,060). 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 sound engineering technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Sound Engineering Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$102,130	$50,650	40
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$94,060	$53,930	170
3	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$91,630	$39,330	1,460
4	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$82,470	$36,550	220
5	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$81,370	$35,430	130
6	Camden, New Jersey	$80,980	$18,660	60
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$78,560	$50,430	110
8	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$75,070	$46,380	240
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$70,000	$44,390	690
10	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$69,620	$28,450	110
11	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$69,250	$29,430	40
12	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$68,880	$36,630	100
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$68,800	$26,370	3,400
14	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$68,800	$18,290	30
15	Jacksonville, Florida	$68,440	$34,820	60
16	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$68,250	$27,710	30
17	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$67,420	$38,010	60
18	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$66,680	$25,650	30
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$66,210	$39,010	3,700
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$65,830	$34,600	50
21	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$65,430	$38,430	100
22	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$63,710	$28,420	1,930
23	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$63,410	$48,890	50
24	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$62,590	$26,210	260
25	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$62,440	$20,190	40
26	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$61,370	$37,550	40
27	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$59,770	$34,830	90
28	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$57,590	$27,010	3,320
29	Kingston, New York	$57,470	$45,130	n/a
30	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$57,310	$34,480	30
31	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$57,080	$32,340	90
32	Rochester, New York	$56,980	$27,440	50
33	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$56,790	$28,510	310
34	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$55,850	$39,970	180
35	Dayton, Ohio	$55,680	$44,440	n/a
36	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$55,540	$37,480	70
37	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$54,990	$30,390	n/a
38	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$54,990	$35,010	250
39	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$54,510	$26,740	270
40	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$54,340	$34,190	280
41	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$54,000	$30,460	40
42	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$53,520	$29,390	30
43	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$52,700	$35,630	50
44	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$52,410	$33,260	30
45	St Louis, Missouri	$51,440	$27,720	100
46	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$51,300	$35,350	50
47	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$50,920	$30,400	170
48	Kansas City, Missouri	$50,540	$40,780	40
49	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$50,410	$24,300	40
50	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$49,830	$18,750	180
51	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$49,430	$29,500	80
52	Boulder, Colorado	$49,030	$38,330	30
53	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$48,660	$26,170	160
54	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$47,770	$40,950	120
55	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$47,670	$24,380	30
56	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$46,340	$24,060	40
57	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$46,280	$29,850	180
58	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$45,900	$33,350	100
59	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$45,830	$34,240	80
60	Columbia, South Carolina	$45,480	$40,390	n/a
61	Spokane, Washington	$44,830	$34,320	n/a
62	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$44,740	$22,360	60
63	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$44,210	$37,760	120
64	Madison, Wisconsin	$43,290	$25,920	90
65	Medford, Oregon	$42,620	$32,190	40
66	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$41,670	$25,480	50
67	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$41,600	$29,260	300
68	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$41,530	$36,080	50
69	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$41,460	$26,590	30
70	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$40,940	$21,290	60
71	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$40,510	$18,860	130
72	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$40,320	$37,340	260
73	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$40,260	$22,740	50
74	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$39,300	$32,480	70
75	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$39,280	$26,660	120
76	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$39,060	$21,880	n/a
77	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$38,870	$24,220	70
78	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$38,740	$22,050	30
79	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$38,660	$17,100	40
80	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$38,440	$27,030	70
81	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$37,390	$25,240	40
82	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$37,380	$26,020	60
83	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$37,040	$25,930	40
84	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$36,960	$23,220	30
85	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$36,870	$28,950	30
86	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$36,820	$18,600	30
87	Asheville, North Carolina	$36,350	$31,450	30
88	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$36,220	$31,730	60
89	Knoxville, Tennessee	$36,070	$30,210	40
90	Tucson, Arizona	$35,980	$18,120	60
91	Memphis, Tennessee	$35,780	$32,940	50
92	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$34,380	$31,200	340
93	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$33,610	$33,600	40
94	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$31,320	$26,280	30
95	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$31,160	$25,060	50
96	Salt Lake City, Utah	$29,370	$17,940	240
97	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$28,680	$28,680	180
98	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$27,050	$19,540	30
99	Akron, Ohio	$26,690	$20,350	n/a
100	Columbus, Ohio	$25,430	$20,110	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for sound engineering technicians.