State comparison · 2025
Sound Engineering Technicians salary: District of Columbia vs New Jersey
Sound Engineering Technicians in New Jersey earn a median of $115,190. In District of Columbia, $106,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 7.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.4%
District of Columbia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-8.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Sound Engineering Technicians
- Median
- $106,630
- p25
- $71,030
- p75
- $127,160
- p10
- $61,300
- p90
- $156,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.