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Audio and Video Technicians · SOC 27-4011

Audio and Video Technicians Salary in the Asheville Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Asheville, NC metro area

Figures describe the Asheville, NC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Asheville city limits.

Median annual wage$49,280
Median hourly wage$23.69

Audio and Video Technicians in the Asheville, NC metro area earned a median of $49,280 per year ($23.69 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,910 at the 10th percentile to $68,080 at the 90th. BLS estimates 90 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Audio and Video Technicians in the Asheville metro area earn more than $49,280 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $44,440 and $56,570.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$38,910$44,440$49,280$56,570$68,080
Hourly$18.71$21.37$23.69$27.20$32.73

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Asheville metro areathis metro area
    $49,280
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $46,700
  • United Statesnational
    $58,100

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +6% vs North Carolina overall and −15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$30,860$49,397$67,933$86,470San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $30,860Lafayette, LA — $36,860College Station-Bryan, TX — $39,070Helena, MT — $39,110Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $39,900Athens-Clarke County, GA — $40,360Roanoke, VA — $40,630Bangor, ME — $40,760Lubbock, TX — $41,870Tucson, AZ — $43,010Columbia, MO — $43,240Bloomington, IN — $43,260El Paso, TX — $43,320Jackson, MS — $43,490McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $43,640St. George, UT — $43,750Wilmington, NC — $43,880Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $43,910Chattanooga, TN-GA — $44,060Ogden, UT — $44,230Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $44,320Bowling Green, KY — $44,460Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $44,550Tallahassee, FL — $44,560Eugene-Springfield, OR — $45,130Ann Arbor, MI — $45,160Lincoln, NE — $45,310Utica-Rome, NY — $45,650Evansville, IN — $45,860Akron, OH — $46,050Greensboro-High Point, NC — $46,210Albuquerque, NM — $46,220Winston-Salem, NC — $46,260Harrisonburg, VA — $46,350Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $46,350San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $46,350Lancaster, PA — $46,450South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $46,480Wichita, KS — $46,480Tyler, TX — $46,500Amarillo, TX — $46,580Corpus Christi, TX — $46,580Charleston, WV — $46,590Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $46,680Baton Rouge, LA — $46,730Raleigh-Cary, NC — $46,770Gainesville, FL — $46,970Montgomery, AL — $47,110Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $47,150Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $47,150Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $47,170Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $47,320Madison, WI — $47,320Waco, TX — $47,470Port St. Lucie, FL — $47,790Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $47,810Glens Falls, NY — $47,980Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $48,170Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $48,200New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $48,220Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $48,320Oklahoma City, OK — $48,410Knoxville, TN — $48,420Jacksonville, FL — $48,440Erie, PA — $48,450Visalia, CA — $48,450Midland, TX — $48,480Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $48,490Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $48,650Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $48,730Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $48,740San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $49,130Lake Charles, LA — $49,150Mobile, AL — $49,180Asheville, NC — $49,280Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $49,410Modesto, CA — $49,600Boise City, ID — $49,620Tulsa, OK — $49,770Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $49,880Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $49,940Fargo, ND-MN — $49,990Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $49,990Fort Wayne, IN — $50,130Springfield, MO — $50,150Kansas City, MO-KS — $50,300Columbus, OH — $50,320Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $50,400Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $50,410Pittsburgh, PA — $50,500Portland-South Portland, ME — $50,540York-Hanover, PA — $50,640Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $50,680Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $50,760Omaha, NE-IA — $50,870Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $51,030Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $51,080Killeen-Temple, TX — $51,160Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $51,370Huntsville, AL — $51,490Bend, OR — $52,000Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $52,000Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $52,020St. Louis, MO-IL — $52,030Charlottesville, VA — $52,140Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $52,180Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $52,250Reno, NV — $52,300Toledo, OH — $52,330Cleveland, OH — $52,670Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $52,680Lexington-Fayette, KY — $52,950Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $53,680Topeka, KS — $53,720Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $53,760Manchester-Nashua, NH — $53,770Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $53,960Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $53,970Birmingham, AL — $54,020Vallejo, CA — $54,060Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $54,410Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $54,660Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $54,690Peoria, IL — $54,690Reading, PA — $55,000Rochester, NY — $55,000Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $55,290Richmond, VA — $55,490Green Bay, WI — $56,070Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $56,160Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $56,210Savannah, GA — $56,450Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $56,660Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $56,730Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $56,740Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $56,790Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $56,870Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $56,940State College, PA — $57,370Fresno, CA — $57,560Columbia, SC — $57,580Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $57,600Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $57,970Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $57,970Stockton-Lodi, CA — $58,130Naples-Marco Island, FL — $58,320Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $58,340Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $58,380Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $58,700Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $58,740Colorado Springs, CO — $58,780San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $59,470Boulder, CO — $59,990Urban Honolulu, HI — $60,150Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $60,210Salinas, CA — $60,390Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $60,770Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $60,940Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $61,440Syracuse, NY — $61,610Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $61,660Anchorage, AK — $62,200Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $62,320Ithaca, NY — $62,510Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $62,770Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $62,910Worcester, MA — $63,620Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $63,780Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $64,900Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $65,140Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $65,270New Haven, CT — $66,000Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $66,100Champaign-Urbana, IL — $66,930Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $67,100Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $68,550Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $68,730Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $68,940Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $69,270North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $71,540New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $72,300San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $73,100Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $74,380San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $75,540Springfield, MA — $79,470Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $79,610Auburn-Opelika, AL — $79,810Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $86,470

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Asheville metro area has the 114th-highest published median for this occupation among the 188 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for audio and video technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Asheville metro areathis page
    $49,280
  • Durham metro area
    $49,940
  • Charlotte metro area
    $48,490
  • Raleigh metro area
    $46,770
  • Winston-Salem metro area
    $46,260
  • Greensboro metro area
    $46,210
  • Wilmington metro area
    $43,880

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Public Relations Specialists$58,970Coaches and Scouts$44,890Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$41,150Graphic Designers$56,760Producers and Directors$62,880Photographers$35,120

Highest-paying metro areas for audio and video technicianss · Highest-paying occupations in Asheville Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.