A same-metric difference from the U.S. median is unavailable for this row. The row could not be ranked because the matching median was unavailable. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Washington was 107, or 7% above the national price level. Its housing index was 126.
National-price-dollar proxy
Not available
WageScope divides the published Sound Engineering Technicians median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Sound Engineering Technicians in Washington: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 27-4014 and BLS area 53.
Questions, answered
Sound Engineering Technicians pay in Washington: common questions
What is the median wage for Sound Engineering Technicians in Washington?
BLS did not publish a median for Sound Engineering Technicians in Washington in the May 2025 OEWS release. WageScope does not substitute or infer the missing wage.
Is Sound Engineering Technicians pay higher in Washington than nationally?
BLS did not publish the same median metric needed to compare Washington with the United States.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Washington?
No wage price proxy is available because BLS did not publish an exact local median. A top-coded bound is not an exact wage input. A BEA price index, when available, describes prices separately and cannot fill that wage gap.
How many Sound Engineering Technicians jobs does BLS estimate in Washington?
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What the Sound Engineering Technicians median says in Washington
BLS did not publish an exact median for Sound Engineering Technicians in Washington in the May 2025 OEWS release. The source display is Not published. WageScope does not borrow the U.S. wage, use a nearby place, or turn this gap into zero. The row stays tied to SOC 27-4014 and BLS area 53.
BLS lists 160 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate, not a count of open posts. The mean display is Not published. A mean and a median are separate fields; one does not fill a gap in the other.
A local-to-national median gap cannot be computed from this row. The national source belongs to the United States and does not become Washington's wage. Any published percentile or job-count field below keeps its own scope, period, and source key.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 27-4014 and area 53. SOC 27-4014 names Sound Engineering Technicians. Area 53 names Washington. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 27-4014/53 row reports 160 wage and salary jobs, 0.05 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 0.54 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 27-4014/53, the annual median is Not published, while the matching mean is Not published. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
27-4014/53 10th percentile: Not published.
27-4014/53 25th percentile: Not published.
27-4014/53 median: Not published.
27-4014/53 75th percentile: Not published.
27-4014/53 90th percentile: Not published.
27-4014/53 employment RSE: 25.8%. Mean-wage RSE: Not published.
27-4014/53 suppression marks: annualMean: not available, annualMedian: not available, annualP10: not available, annualP25: not available, annualP75: not available, annualP90: not available, hourlyMean: not available, hourlyMedian: not available, hourlyP10: not available, hourlyP25: not available, hourlyP75: not available, hourlyP90: not available, meanRse: not available.
BLS area 53 facts behind this Sound Engineering Technicians page
Area 53 reports 3,550,970 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $83,330. Its annual median is $62,990. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 27-4014 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Washington runs from $38,670 at the 10th percentile to $153,630 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $47,020. The median is $62,990. The 75th percentile is $101,710. This is a place check, not a pay range for Sound Engineering Technicians.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 53. They do not show related skills or a path into Sound Engineering Technicians.
1. Area 53, SOC 15-1252, Software Developers: 107,030 jobs, $166,540 annual median, 30.14 jobs per 1,000, and 2.78 location quotient.
2. Area 53, SOC 31-1120, Home Health and Personal Care Aides: 103,260 jobs, $47,730 annual median, 29.08 jobs per 1,000, and 1.05 location quotient.
3. Area 53, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 94,710 jobs, $37,710 annual median, 26.67 jobs per 1,000, and 1.08 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Washington wage ladder for Sound Engineering Technicians
The 10th percentile is Not published. The 25th percentile is Not published. The median is Not published. The 75th percentile is Not published. The 90th percentile is Not published.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from Not published to Not published. The 10th-to-90th span is not available. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Washington has a annual median of Not published. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $73,130 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Washington. Washington cannot be compared with the United States on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Where Washington sits for Sound Engineering Technicians
Washington has no exact published median that can enter this Sound Engineering Technicians pay rank. WageScope leaves the rank open. It does not treat a missing or top-coded value as an exact amount, and it does not place this row at the bottom of a list.
Other states and territories may have exact medians in the same release. Those rows can be read on their own pages. They cannot establish a wage or a nearest wage neighbor for Washington without the missing local field.
Employment and local share remain separate source fields for SOC 27-4014. Neither field is a substitute for median pay. A job count does not say where a wage would rank, and a share measure does not set a pay floor or ceiling.
Where Sound Engineering Technicians medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 27-4014, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. New Jersey has the highest published median in this set, at $115,190 per year. Washington sits at Not published.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Sound Engineering Technicians is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. New Jersey has a Sound Engineering Technicians median of $115,190 per year, or not available. BLS lists 290 jobs there, compared with 160 in Washington. The location quotient is 0.8.
2. District of Columbia has a Sound Engineering Technicians median of $106,630 per year, or not available. BLS lists 90 jobs there, compared with 160 in Washington. The location quotient is 1.6.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Sound Engineering Technicians jobs
California has the largest published state job estimate for Sound Engineering Technicians in this same-source set, at 4,060 jobs. Washington has 160. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. California has 4,060 estimated Sound Engineering Technicians jobs, a gap of 3,900 jobs from Washington. Its median is $78,150 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.65.
2. New York has 2,050 estimated Sound Engineering Technicians jobs, a gap of 1,890 jobs from Washington. Its median is $87,510 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.52.
3. Texas has 830 estimated Sound Engineering Technicians jobs, a gap of 670 jobs from Washington. Its median is $54,370 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.7.
Local-share leaders
Where Sound Engineering Technicians takes the largest share of local jobs
California has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 2.65. Washington has 0.54. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Sound Engineering Technicians is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. California has a location quotient of 2.65, a gap of 2.11 from Washington. BLS lists 4,060 Sound Engineering Technicians jobs and a median of $78,150 per year, or not available.
2. New York has a location quotient of 2.52, a gap of 1.98 from Washington. BLS lists 2,050 Sound Engineering Technicians jobs and a median of $87,510 per year, or not available.
3. Tennessee has a location quotient of 1.83, a gap of 1.29 from Washington. BLS lists 510 Sound Engineering Technicians jobs and a median of $60,500 per year, or not available.
Job scale and share
How common Sound Engineering Technicians is in Washington
BLS lists 160 Sound Engineering Technicians jobs in Washington. It also lists 0.05 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 0.54. A value of 1 means Sound Engineering Technicians has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Sound Engineering Technicians beside other roles in Washington
The all-occupations median in Washington is $62,990 per year. It covers the full local job mix and does not replace the missing exact Sound Engineering Technicians median. WageScope cannot calculate a same-unit wage gap from the role to that broader row.
No nearest-pay role list is shown for this row. Such a list needs an exact local median in the same wage unit. A title, employment count, or national wage cannot supply that missing input.
Other roles in Washington still have their own source pages. Use those pages for their own official estimates, with each SOC code and period intact. Do not infer common tasks, skills, career paths, or pay for Sound Engineering Technicians from another role's number.
Software Developers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Washington table, at 107,030 jobs. Sound Engineering Technicians has 160 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 3,550,970. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Sound Engineering Technicians's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Software Developers has 107,030 jobs in Washington, a gap of 106,870 from Sound Engineering Technicians. Its median is $166,540 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.78.
2. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 103,260 jobs in Washington, a gap of 103,100 from Sound Engineering Technicians. Its median is $47,730 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.05.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Washington
Software Developers has the highest published median in the bounded Washington role table, at $166,540 per year. Sound Engineering Technicians has Not published. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $62,990 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Software Developers has a median of $166,540 per year in Washington, or not available. BLS lists 107,030 jobs, compared with 160 for Sound Engineering Technicians. Its location quotient is 2.78.
2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $133,750 per year in Washington, or not available. BLS lists 50,630 jobs, compared with 160 for Sound Engineering Technicians. Its location quotient is 0.63.
3. Registered Nurses has a median of $124,200 per year in Washington, or not available. BLS lists 69,260 jobs, compared with 160 for Sound Engineering Technicians. Its location quotient is 0.9.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Washington
Software Developers has the highest location quotient in the bounded Washington role table, at 2.78. Sound Engineering Technicians has 0.54. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Sound Engineering Technicians with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Software Developers has a location quotient of 2.78 in Washington, a gap of 2.24 from Sound Engineering Technicians. BLS lists 107,030 jobs and a median of $166,540 per year, or not available.
2. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a location quotient of 2.08 in Washington, a gap of 1.54 from Sound Engineering Technicians. BLS lists 51,650 jobs and a median of $100,360 per year, or not available.
3. Carpenters has a location quotient of 1.76 in Washington, a gap of 1.22 from Sound Engineering Technicians. BLS lists 26,960 jobs and a median of $74,190 per year, or not available.
Price-level view
Why a wage price proxy is unavailable in Washington
No national-price-dollar wage proxy is available for Sound Engineering Technicians in Washington because BLS did not publish the exact median needed for that math. A missing or top-coded median is not zero and is not an exact wage input.
BEA separately published a 2024 all-items price index of 107.0 for Washington. The U.S. level is 100. This source can describe broad local prices, but it cannot supply the missing BLS wage for SOC 27-4014.
A price-level wage calculation needs a published wage in the correct unit and an exact reviewed price-area match. Until both inputs exist, WageScope leaves that answer open. Published employment, source dates, and wage-status fields remain useful on their own without an inferred spending-power claim.
The employment RSE for this Sound Engineering Technicians row is 25.8%. The mean-wage RSE is Not published. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 160 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the Not published mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Sound Engineering Technicians. It uses a Washington place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the Not published BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Sound Engineering Technicians row for Washington does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 160 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.54 is not a growth score. The unranked row is not a place score. The 107.0 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 27-4014 in BLS area 53. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 160 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 53, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 84,850 jobs, $39,560 annual median, 23.89 jobs per 1,000, and 0.95 location quotient.
5. Area 53, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 69,260 jobs, $124,200 annual median, 19.51 jobs per 1,000, and 0.9 location quotient.
6. Area 53, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 61,050 jobs, $38,720 annual median, 17.19 jobs per 1,000, and 0.87 location quotient.
3. New York has a Sound Engineering Technicians median of $87,510 per year, or not available. BLS lists 2,050 jobs there, compared with 160 in Washington. The location quotient is 2.52.
4. Nevada has a Sound Engineering Technicians median of $84,570 per year, or not available. BLS lists 170 jobs there, compared with 160 in Washington. The location quotient is 1.34.
5. Maryland has a Sound Engineering Technicians median of $79,990 per year, or not available. BLS lists 160 jobs there, compared with 160 in Washington. The location quotient is 0.71.
6. California has a Sound Engineering Technicians median of $78,150 per year, or not available. BLS lists 4,060 jobs there, compared with 160 in Washington. The location quotient is 2.65.
7. Georgia has a Sound Engineering Technicians median of $77,010 per year, or not available. BLS lists 200 jobs there, compared with 160 in Washington. The location quotient is 0.49.
8. Kentucky has a Sound Engineering Technicians median of $74,100 per year, or not available. BLS lists 60 jobs there, compared with 160 in Washington. The location quotient is 0.35.
4. Florida has 590 estimated Sound Engineering Technicians jobs, a gap of 430 jobs from Washington. Its median is $70,360 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.71.
5. Illinois has 570 estimated Sound Engineering Technicians jobs, a gap of 410 jobs from Washington. Its median is $73,130 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.11.
6. Tennessee has 510 estimated Sound Engineering Technicians jobs, a gap of 350 jobs from Washington. Its median is $60,500 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.83.
7. New Jersey has 290 estimated Sound Engineering Technicians jobs, a gap of 130 jobs from Washington. Its median is $115,190 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.8.
8. Utah has 210 estimated Sound Engineering Technicians jobs, a gap of 50 jobs from Washington. Its median is $36,400 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.46.
4. District of Columbia has a location quotient of 1.6, a gap of 1.06 from Washington. BLS lists 90 Sound Engineering Technicians jobs and a median of $106,630 per year, or not available.
5. Utah has a location quotient of 1.46, a gap of 0.92 from Washington. BLS lists 210 Sound Engineering Technicians jobs and a median of $36,400 per year, or not available.
6. Nevada has a location quotient of 1.34, a gap of 0.80 from Washington. BLS lists 170 Sound Engineering Technicians jobs and a median of $84,570 per year, or not available.
7. Montana has a location quotient of 1.15, a gap of 0.61 from Washington. BLS lists 50 Sound Engineering Technicians jobs and a median of $57,600 per year, or not available.
8. Illinois has a location quotient of 1.11, a gap of 0.57 from Washington. BLS lists 570 Sound Engineering Technicians jobs and a median of $73,130 per year, or not available.
3. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 94,710 jobs in Washington, a gap of 94,550 from Sound Engineering Technicians. Its median is $37,710 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.08.
4. Retail Salespersons has 84,850 jobs in Washington, a gap of 84,690 from Sound Engineering Technicians. Its median is $39,560 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.95.
5. Registered Nurses has 69,260 jobs in Washington, a gap of 69,100 from Sound Engineering Technicians. Its median is $124,200 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.9.
6. Cashiers has 61,050 jobs in Washington, a gap of 60,890 from Sound Engineering Technicians. Its median is $38,720 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.87.
7. Stockers and Order Fillers has 57,370 jobs in Washington, a gap of 57,210 from Sound Engineering Technicians. Its median is $44,620 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.89.
8. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has 51,650 jobs in Washington, a gap of 51,490 from Sound Engineering Technicians. Its median is $100,360 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.08.
4. Project Management Specialists has a median of $124,160 per year in Washington, or not available. BLS lists 36,240 jobs, compared with 160 for Sound Engineering Technicians. Its location quotient is 1.49.
5. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $102,350 per year in Washington, or not available. BLS lists 28,980 jobs, compared with 160 for Sound Engineering Technicians. Its location quotient is 0.91.
6. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $100,360 per year in Washington, or not available. BLS lists 51,650 jobs, compared with 160 for Sound Engineering Technicians. Its location quotient is 2.08.
7. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $96,550 per year in Washington, or not available. BLS lists 34,740 jobs, compared with 160 for Sound Engineering Technicians. Its location quotient is 1.05.
8. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $79,830 per year in Washington, or not available. BLS lists 27,340 jobs, compared with 160 for Sound Engineering Technicians. Its location quotient is 0.97.
4. Project Management Specialists has a location quotient of 1.49 in Washington, a gap of 0.95 from Sound Engineering Technicians. BLS lists 36,240 jobs and a median of $124,160 per year, or not available.
5. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has a location quotient of 1.34 in Washington, a gap of 0.80 from Sound Engineering Technicians. BLS lists 43,420 jobs and a median of $49,120 per year, or not available.
6. Receptionists and Information Clerks has a location quotient of 1.28 in Washington, a gap of 0.74 from Sound Engineering Technicians. BLS lists 26,500 jobs and a median of $44,710 per year, or not available.
7. Cooks, Restaurant has a location quotient of 1.09 in Washington, a gap of 0.55 from Sound Engineering Technicians. BLS lists 35,140 jobs and a median of $46,800 per year, or not available.
8. Fast Food and Counter Workers has a location quotient of 1.08 in Washington, a gap of 0.54 from Sound Engineering Technicians. BLS lists 94,710 jobs and a median of $37,710 per year, or not available.
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