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Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers pay in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT and Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers is $79,040 per year in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. It is $49,410 per year in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 60.0% above Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-2097 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 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT and 70 in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR. 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.