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Hearing Aid Specialists pay in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN and Raleigh-Cary, NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Hearing Aid Specialists is $91,010 per year in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. It is $76,990 per year in Raleigh-Cary, NC. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 18.2% above Raleigh-Cary, NC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-2092 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 80 wage and salary jobs in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN and 50 in Raleigh-Cary, NC. 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