Hearing Aid Specialists · SOC 29-2092

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Hearing Aid Specialistss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for hearing aid specialists. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (3 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 55 metro areas

Hearing Aid Specialists: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$91,010	80	0.1
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$86,090	40	0.0
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$83,930	100	0.0
4	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$82,800	Not published	Not published
5	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$81,770	50	0.0
6	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$81,140	100	0.3
7	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$80,050	480	0.1
8	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$78,830	30	0.1
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$78,830	150	0.1
10	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$78,620	50	0.2
11	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$76,990	50	0.1
12	Lexington-Fayette, KY	$76,750	30	0.1
13	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$76,750	70	0.1
14	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$75,830	30	0.0
15	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$75,830	110	0.1
16	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$75,720	590	0.1
17	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$75,310	Not published	Not published
18	Boise City, ID	$75,300	80	0.2
19	Jacksonville, FL	$75,300	60	0.1
20	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$75,300	Not published	Not published
21	Urban Honolulu, HI	$75,300	60	0.1
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$75,300	90	0.0
23	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$75,020	90	0.1
24	Columbus, OH	$71,120	50	0.0
25	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$69,320	200	0.0

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Hearing Aid Specialists 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.