State comparison · 2025
Sound Engineering Technicians salary: Iowa vs New York
Sound Engineering Technicians in New York earn a median of $87,510. In Iowa, $57,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.4% — not 34.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.4%
Iowa vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-19.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Sound Engineering Technicians
- Median
- $57,400
- p25
- $37,590
- p75
- $57,400
- p10
- $32,280
- p90
- $62,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
New York
Sound Engineering Technicians
- Median
- $87,510
- p25
- $59,200
- p75
- $129,460
- p10
- $52,620
- p90
- $157,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
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.