Audio and Video Technicians · SOC 27-4011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Audio and Video Technicianss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for audio and video technicians. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 188 metro areas

Audio and Video Technicians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$86,470	Not published	Not published
2	Auburn-Opelika, AL	$79,810	40	0.5
3	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$79,610	560	3.3
4	Springfield, MA	$79,470	60	0.3
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$75,540	1,370	0.6
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$74,380	2,210	0.7
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$73,100	380	0.3
8	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$72,300	7,800	0.8
9	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$71,540	210	0.6
10	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$69,270	1,010	0.5
11	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$68,940	70	0.3
12	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$68,730	80	0.3
13	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$68,550	70	0.4
14	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$67,100	40	0.6
15	Champaign-Urbana, IL	$66,930	40	0.4
16	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$66,100	180	0.5
17	New Haven, CT	$66,000	150	0.5
18	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$65,270	810	0.6
19	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$65,140	240	0.3
20	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$64,900	4,710	0.8
21	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$63,780	2,490	0.6
22	Worcester, MA	$63,620	150	0.4
23	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$62,910	770	0.4
24	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$62,770	1,360	1.2
25	Ithaca, NY	$62,510	50	1.0

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Audio and Video Technicians overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.