State comparison · 2025
Sound Engineering Technicians salary: Colorado vs New Jersey
Sound Engineering Technicians in New Jersey earn a median of $115,190. In Colorado, $60,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.5% — not 47.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-47.4%
Colorado vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-44.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Sound Engineering Technicians
- Median
- $60,630
- p25
- $49,910
- p75
- $70,890
- p10
- $40,970
- p90
- $84,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
New Jersey
Sound Engineering Technicians
- Median
- $115,190
- p25
- $74,410
- p75
- $138,380
- p10
- $43,350
- p90
- $163,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.