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Audiologists pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN and Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Audiologists is $100,930 per year in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. It is $134,990 per year in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 25.2% below Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1181 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 230 wage and salary jobs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN and Not published in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA. 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