State comparison · 2025
Sound Engineering Technicians salary: Connecticut vs New Jersey
Sound Engineering Technicians in New Jersey earn a median of $115,190. In Connecticut, $72,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.6% — not 36.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.8%
Connecticut vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-33.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Sound Engineering Technicians
- Median
- $72,800
- p25
- $51,250
- p75
- $75,200
- p10
- $40,580
- p90
- $85,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.