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Sound Engineering Technicians pay in New Jersey and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Sound Engineering Technicians is $115,190 per year in New Jersey. It is $87,510 per year in New York. New Jersey is 31.6% above New York on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-4014 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 290 wage and salary jobs in New Jersey and 2,050 in New York. 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