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Audio and Video Technicians pay in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and Worcester, MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Audio and Video Technicians is $86,470 per year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. It is $63,620 per year in Worcester, MA. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 35.9% above Worcester, MA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-4011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists Not published wage and salary jobs in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and 150 in Worcester, MA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings