State comparison · 2025
Sound Engineering Technicians salary: Kansas vs New Jersey
Sound Engineering Technicians in New Jersey earn a median of $115,190. In Kansas, $62,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.3% — not 45.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-45.6%
Kansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-34.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Sound Engineering Technicians
- Median
- $62,710
- p25
- $46,230
- p75
- $64,580
- p10
- $42,600
- p90
- $107,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.