27 Series · SOC 27-4011

Audio and Video Technicians

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$54,830

per year

Median Hourly

$26.36/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$61,370

average

Employment

70,080

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$35,290$43,860$54,830$73,590$98,190
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$16.97$21.09$26.36$35.38$47.21
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$35,290

25th Percentile

$43,860

Median

$54,830

75th Percentile

$73,590

90th Percentile

$98,190

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 New Jersey $75,220 +37% above national
2 Washington $73,160 +33% above national
3 District of Columbia $72,030 +31% above national
4 Delaware $69,310 +26% above national
5 New York $63,640 +16% above national
6 Connecticut $63,000 +15% above national
7 California $62,240 +14% above national
8 Massachusetts $61,680 +12% above national
9 New Hampshire $61,410 +12% above national
10 Hawaii $60,180 +10% above national
11 Maryland $59,820 +9% above national
12 Wyoming $59,390 +8% above national
13 Nevada $59,270 +8% above national
14 West Virginia $58,000 +6% above national
15 Pennsylvania $57,450 +5% above national
16 Rhode Island $57,250 +4% above national
17 Missouri $56,830 +4% above national
18 Illinois $55,030 same as national
19 Colorado $54,920 same as national
20 Oregon $53,850 2% below national
21 Michigan $52,240 5% below national
22 Georgia $51,000 7% below national
23 Virginia $50,990 7% below national
24 Iowa $50,720 7% below national
25 Florida $50,170 8% below national
26 Texas $49,290 10% below national
27 Nebraska $48,470 12% below national
28 Wisconsin $48,280 12% below national
29 New Mexico $48,210 12% below national
30 Indiana $48,190 12% below national
31 Alaska $48,060 12% below national
32 Tennessee $48,010 12% below national
33 Ohio $47,560 13% below national
34 Minnesota $47,460 13% below national
35 Oklahoma $47,320 14% below national
36 Kansas $47,070 14% below national
37 South Carolina $46,890 14% below national
38 Idaho $46,800 15% below national
39 Arizona $45,790 16% below national
40 North Dakota $45,740 17% below national
41 North Carolina $43,870 20% below national
42 Maine $43,860 20% below national
43 Montana $43,500 21% below national
44 Alabama $43,240 21% below national
45 Vermont $42,170 23% below national
46 Utah $41,600 24% below national
47 Kentucky $41,590 24% below national
48 Louisiana $40,240 27% below national
49 Arkansas $38,620 30% below national
50 South Dakota $37,440 32% below national
51 Mississippi $33,210 39% below national
52 Puerto Rico $29,340 46% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $78,480 +43% above national
2 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $76,450 +39% above national
3 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $76,170 +39% above national
4 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $75,660 +38% above national
5 Springfield, MA $75,560 +38% above national
6 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $73,140 +33% above national
7 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $72,610 +32% above national
8 Urban Honolulu, HI $71,360 +30% above national
9 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $71,170 +30% above national
10 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $65,700 +20% above national
11 New Haven, CT $64,690 +18% above national
12 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $64,460 +18% above national
13 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $63,900 +17% above national
14 Champaign-Urbana, IL $63,710 +16% above national
15 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $63,070 +15% above national
16 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $62,880 +15% above national
17 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $62,710 +14% above national
18 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $62,310 +14% above national
19 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $61,000 +11% above national
20 Auburn-Opelika, AL $60,800 +11% above national
21 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $60,770 +11% above national
22 Yuma, AZ $60,630 +11% above national
23 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $60,140 +10% above national
24 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $59,990 +9% above national
25 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $59,910 +9% above national
26 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $59,870 +9% above national
27 Fresno, CA $59,840 +9% above national
28 Gainesville, FL $59,680 +9% above national
29 Ithaca, NY $59,430 +8% above national
30 St. Louis, MO-IL $59,230 +8% above national
31 Stockton-Lodi, CA $58,950 +8% above national
32 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $58,500 +7% above national
33 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $58,280 +6% above national
34 Manchester-Nashua, NH $58,140 +6% above national
35 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $58,000 +6% above national
36 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $57,870 +6% above national
37 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $57,700 +5% above national
38 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $57,580 +5% above national
39 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $57,520 +5% above national
40 Worcester, MA $57,400 +5% above national
41 Salinas, CA $57,310 +5% above national
42 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $57,250 +4% above national
43 Lincoln, NE $56,810 +4% above national
44 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $56,620 +3% above national
45 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $56,530 +3% above national
46 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $56,480 +3% above national
47 Naples-Marco Island, FL $56,400 +3% above national
48 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $56,020 +2% above national
49 Tallahassee, FL $56,000 +2% above national
50 Pittsburgh, PA $55,900 +2% above national
51 Rochester, NY $55,820 +2% above national
52 Kansas City, MO-KS $55,400 +1% above national
53 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $55,280 +1% above national
54 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $55,120 +1% above national
55 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $54,930 same as national
56 Colorado Springs, CO $54,920 same as national
57 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $54,820 same as national
58 Utica-Rome, NY $54,510 1% below national
59 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $54,330 1% below national
60 State College, PA $54,200 1% below national
61 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $54,090 1% below national
62 Eugene-Springfield, OR $53,850 2% below national
63 Bend, OR $53,840 2% below national
64 Charlottesville, VA $53,540 2% below national
65 Lancaster, PA $53,140 3% below national
66 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $53,060 3% below national
67 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $53,030 3% below national
68 Richmond, VA $52,630 4% below national
69 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $52,630 4% below national
70 Boulder, CO $52,250 5% below national
71 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $52,240 5% below national
72 Columbus, OH $52,140 5% below national
73 Savannah, GA $52,050 5% below national
74 Peoria, IL $52,000 5% below national
75 Cedar Rapids, IA $51,930 5% below national
76 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $51,920 5% below national
77 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $51,690 6% below national
78 Lexington-Fayette, KY $51,480 6% below national
79 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $51,440 6% below national
80 Springfield, IL $51,360 6% below national
81 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $51,170 7% below national
82 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $51,160 7% below national
83 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $51,050 7% below national
84 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $50,980 7% below national
85 Midland, MI $50,920 7% below national
86 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $50,820 7% below national
87 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $50,590 8% below national
88 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $50,540 8% below national
89 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $50,480 8% below national
90 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $50,360 8% below national
91 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $50,240 8% below national
92 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $50,220 8% below national
93 Cleveland, OH $50,080 9% below national
94 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $49,990 9% below national
95 Oklahoma City, OK $49,980 9% below national
96 Jacksonville, FL $49,970 9% below national
97 Iowa City, IA $49,890 9% below national
98 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $49,850 9% below national
99 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $49,840 9% below national
100 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $49,830 9% below national
101 Toledo, OH $49,820 9% below national
102 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $49,770 9% below national
103 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $49,730 9% below national
104 Green Bay, WI $49,660 9% below national
105 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $49,340 10% below national
106 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $49,210 10% below national
107 Reno, NV $49,200 10% below national
108 Reading, PA $49,160 10% below national
109 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $49,030 11% below national
110 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $48,980 11% below national
111 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $48,720 11% below national
112 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $48,690 11% below national
113 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $48,690 11% below national
114 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $48,550 11% below national
115 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $48,520 12% below national
116 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $48,240 12% below national
117 Omaha, NE-IA $48,210 12% below national
118 Anchorage, AK $48,060 12% below national
119 Midland, TX $48,050 12% below national
120 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $47,950 13% below national
121 Vallejo, CA $47,950 13% below national
122 Springfield, MO $47,940 13% below national
123 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $47,920 13% below national
124 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $47,890 13% below national
125 Roanoke, VA $47,790 13% below national
126 Erie, PA $47,720 13% below national
127 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $47,680 13% below national
128 Youngstown-Warren, OH $47,560 13% below national
129 Jefferson City, MO $47,400 14% below national
130 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $47,340 14% below national
131 Tulsa, OK $47,320 14% below national
132 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $47,150 14% below national
133 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $46,940 14% below national
134 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $46,940 14% below national
135 Syracuse, NY $46,940 14% below national
136 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $46,920 14% below national
137 York-Hanover, PA $46,800 15% below national
138 Portland-South Portland, ME $46,790 15% below national
139 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $46,760 15% below national
140 Ann Arbor, MI $46,710 15% below national
141 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $46,700 15% below national
142 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $46,670 15% below national
143 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $46,530 15% below national
144 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $46,110 16% below national
145 Visalia, CA $46,060 16% below national
146 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $46,040 16% below national
147 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $45,970 16% below national
148 Modesto, CA $45,830 16% below national
149 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $45,790 16% below national
150 Birmingham, AL $45,780 17% below national
151 Fargo, ND-MN $45,640 17% below national
152 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $45,600 17% below national
153 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $45,570 17% below national
154 Columbia, SC $45,460 17% below national
155 Tucson, AZ $45,130 18% below national
156 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $45,070 18% below national
157 Madison, WI $44,990 18% below national
158 Asheville, NC $44,840 18% below national
159 Idaho Falls, ID $44,790 18% below national
160 Boise City, ID $44,650 19% below national
161 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $44,650 19% below national
162 Waco, TX $44,580 19% below national
163 Bloomington, IN $44,540 19% below national
164 Raleigh-Cary, NC $44,500 19% below national
165 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $44,350 19% below national
166 Glens Falls, NY $44,320 19% below national
167 Wichita, KS $44,290 19% below national
168 Harrisonburg, VA $44,170 19% below national
169 Montgomery, AL $44,150 19% below national
170 Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $43,860 20% below national
171 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $43,850 20% below national
172 St. Cloud, MN $43,840 20% below national
173 Mobile, AL $43,740 20% below national
174 Chattanooga, TN-GA $43,660 20% below national
175 Wilmington, NC $43,640 20% below national
176 Redding, CA $43,620 20% below national
177 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $43,590 20% below national
178 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $43,480 21% below national
179 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $43,250 21% below national
180 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $43,250 21% below national
181 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $42,880 22% below national
182 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $42,170 23% below national
183 Greensboro-High Point, NC $41,930 24% below national
184 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $41,930 24% below national
185 Winston-Salem, NC $41,650 24% below national
186 Akron, OH $41,600 24% below national
187 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $41,130 25% below national
188 Huntsville, AL $41,090 25% below national
189 Fort Wayne, IN $40,570 26% below national
190 Duluth, MN-WI $40,490 26% below national
191 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $40,370 26% below national
192 Baton Rouge, LA $40,240 27% below national
193 Lubbock, TX $39,850 27% below national
194 Bangor, ME $39,350 28% below national
195 Ogden, UT $39,240 28% below national
196 Knoxville, TN $39,160 29% below national
197 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $38,660 29% below national
198 Fayetteville, NC $38,120 30% below national
199 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $38,020 31% below national
200 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $37,800 31% below national
201 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $37,790 31% below national
202 Albuquerque, NM $37,440 32% below national
203 Helena, MT $36,950 33% below national
204 Lafayette, LA $36,640 33% below national
205 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $36,300 34% below national
206 Amarillo, TX $35,920 34% below national
207 El Paso, TX $34,930 36% below national
208 Athens-Clarke County, GA $34,620 37% below national
209 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $34,550 37% below national
210 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $32,900 40% below national
211 Bowling Green, KY $32,440 41% below national
212 St. George, UT $32,040 42% below national
213 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $30,640 44% below national
214 College Station-Bryan, TX $29,350 46% below national
215 Logan, UT-ID $26,580 52% below national

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