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Hearing Aid Specialists pay in New York and North Carolina
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Hearing Aid Specialists is $82,990 per year in New York. It is $75,810 per year in North Carolina. New York is 9.5% above North Carolina 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 380 wage and salary jobs in New York and 240 in North Carolina. 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