State comparison · 2025
Hearing Aid Specialists salary: Alabama vs California
Hearing Aid Specialists in California earn a median of $80,060. In Alabama, $46,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.5% — not 41.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.9%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-27.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Hearing Aid Specialists
- Median
- $46,530
- p25
- $44,050
- p75
- $76,750
- p10
- $31,040
- p90
- $80,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Hearing Aid Specialists
- Median
- $80,060
- p25
- $61,830
- p75
- $83,570
- p10
- $50,770
- p90
- $97,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.